Heading
[ˈhɛɾ.ɪŋ]
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Heading
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
"Who heads the board of trustees?"
- To come at the beginning of; to commence.
"A group of clowns headed the procession."
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To move in a specified direction.
"How does the ship head?"
- To remove the head from a fish.
"The salmon are first headed and then scaled."
noun
- The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
- The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
- Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
- A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
- The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
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