headed
/ˈhɛdɪd
/adjective
1 [in combination] Having a head of a specified kind: bald-headed men a seven-headed dragon...
- We found ourselves before the opened door and a big, clean-shaven bald-headed man stepped lightly into the room.
- The small island was alive with wildlife: sloths, tapirs, and blue-headed parrots.
- The three-headed hound of hell could not drag me away.
1.1Having an intellect or personality of a specified kind: woolly-headed thinking she was always cool-headed...
- He will need to prove he is as tough as he is eloquent and as level-headed as he is inspiring.
- The addle-headed mule wandered over to a stream to drink and I sailed down its neck.
- People looked on that as being conceited or being big-headed.
2 [in combination] Having a tip, end, or top part of a specified kind: single-headed arrows short flat-headed nails...
- In his hand he carried a double-headed cleaver.
- I went for the flat-headed screws, but it shouldn't make much difference.
- Hover over that area and the cursor will change to a four-headed arrow.
2.1(Of certain green vegetables) having the edible leafy part at the top of the stem: headed cabbages...
- At some time in the 1st century BC, the first headed cabbages appeared.
- The new, headed cabbage is now thought to have evolved in Northern Europe.
- It was not until well into the Middle Ages that headed cabbages spread throughout Europe to supplement the staple ' colewort ' or kale.
3 [in combination] Having a particular person in charge; having a director or leader: female-headed households...
- Focus groups were selected for certain shared characteristics, such as female-headed households.
- Both sides insist a double-headed leadership is quite possible.
- It's been more than eight years it was a double-headed programme.
4(Of paper) having a printed heading, typically the name and address of a person or organization: headed notepaper...
- I have received private complaints on government-headed paper.
- This contract should replicate what you have signed on the standard disclosure, except that you would expect it to be printed on the headed paper of the product provider you have chosen.
- His written statement, on the headed memorandum paper of his solicitors, stated that Mr Ball had said in writing that they were no longer able to meet their liabilities.