'Heading' definitions:

Definition of 'heading'

From: WordNet
noun
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" [syn: heading, header, head]
noun
The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim]
noun
A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift, heading, gallery]

Definition of 'Heading'

From: GCIDE
  • Head \Head\ (h[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Headed; p. pr. & vb. n. Heading.]
  • 1. To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To set on the head; as, to head a cask. [1913 Webster]
  • To head off, to intercept; to get before; as, an officer heads off a thief who is escaping. "We'll head them off at the pass."
  • To head up, (a) to close, as a cask or barrel, by fitting a head to. (b) To serve as the leader of; as, to head up a team of investigators. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Heading'

From: GCIDE
  • Heading \Head"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mining, tunneling) (a) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; the vein above a drift. (b) The end of a drift or gallery; also, the working face at the end of a tunnel, gallery, drift, or adit from which the work is advanced. [1913 Webster +RDH]
  • 5. (Sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of headers. See Header, n. 3 (a) .
  • Heading joint. (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'heading'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Heading'