headed

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adjective

head·​ed ˈhe-dəd How to pronounce headed (audio)
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: having a head or a heading
2
: having a head or heads of a specified kind or number
—used in combination
became light-headed from the fever
a roundheaded screw

headed

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past tense and past participle of head entry 3

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Debinha — who stands at 5-2 — has now scored six headed goals in her career, with two of them coming Saturday. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Ninety-one per cent of his shots in Serie A last season came from inside the box, while only Pisa’s Stefano Moreo managed more headed shots on target than his 11. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 But the problem that helped thrust Tinubu’s APC into power is now a multi-headed hydra that goes far beyond the northeastern jihadist insurgency. — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Her mental health afterward Two forensic psychiatrists testified Monday that Clancy appeared clear-headed and rational in the days after the killings. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for headed

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First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of headed was before the 12th century

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headed

adjective
head·​ed ˈhed-əd How to pronounce headed (audio)
: having such a head or so many heads
curly-headed
two-headed ax

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