headward
/ˈhɛdwəd
/adjective
1In the region or direction of the head.Odd neuron numbers respond to headwards displacements and even numbers to tailwards displacements.
1.1 Geology Denoting erosion by a stream or river occurring progressively upstream from the original source.During the Miocene the shelf was intermittently emergent, and the submarine canyons were extended to the shelf area through headward erosion....
- Apparently, V-shaped and planar-floored canyons, previously ascribed to downslope erosion vs. slope failure/headward erosion, respectively, can coexist.
- The Alpine lakes of northern Italy, also, are now thought to occupy sites of headward erosion during Messinian time.
adverb
(also headwards) Towards the head.Presumably, saying a nerve moves headwards or toewards is not sophisticated enough for doctors....
- For a very brief instant, looking headwards as he was, he could not identify the person by sex, for he saw a turban and under it a face which though not that of an East Indian was colored almost olive.
Rhymes
- young-girl
- young-girlish
- Young-Grammarian
- Young Grammarians
- young gun
- young-headed
- youngie
- Young Ireland
- Young Irelander
- Young Irelandism
- youngish
- Young Italy
- young lady
- young-ladydom
- young ladyhood
- young ladyish
- young-ladylike
- young ladyship
- youngling
- young lion
- young-looking
- youngly
- young man
- young-manhood
- young-manish