'To head off' definitions:
Definition of 'To head off'
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- 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]
Words containing 'To head off'
- -head,
- By the head,
- Head,
- Headed,
- Heading,
- Over the head of,
- To head up,
- To his head,
- head off,
- head up,
- headful,
- head-to-head,
- Bay Head,
- Brian Head,
- Cabbage head,
- Chapter head,
- Chapter heading,
- Cumberland Head,
- Cutter head,
- Dead head,
- Dragon's head,
- Elevator head,
- Feed head,
- Fiddle head,
- Flower head,
- Fork head,
- From head to foot,
- Gill head,
- Glen Head,
- Hand over head,
- Head and ears,
- Head and shoulders,
- Head fast,
- Head gear,
- Head kidney,
- Head money,
- Head of the Harbor,
- Head or tail,
- Head pence,
- Head sea,
- Head stock,
- Head voice,
- Head wind,
- Heading course,
- Heading joint,
- Heads or tails,
- Horsehoe head,
- Indian Head,
- Jetty head,
- Kevel head,
- Medusa's head,
- Mermaid's head,
- Micrometer head,
- Mill head,
- Mop head,
- Nags Head,
- Out of one's own head,
- Piston head,
- Pit head,
- Pope's head,
- Poppet head,
- Puppet head,
- Scald head,
- Scalled head,
- Shrinking head,
- Sinking head,
- Stamp head,
- Strap head,
- Swine's head,
- To be out of one's head,
- To come to a head,
- To draw to a head,
- To give head,
- To give the head,
- To have a bee in the head,
- To have a long head,
- To knock in the head,
- To knock on the head,
- To lie on the head of,
- To make head,
- To make head against,
- To turn head,
- To turn the head of,
- Torsion head,
- Tunnel head,
- Turk's head,
- Turret head,
- Valley Head,
- acid head,
- ax head,
- axe head,
- bonnet head,
- club head,
- cow's head,
- crowned head,
- cylinder head,
- death's head,
- department head,
- empty headed,
- from head to toe,
- hash head,
- head ache,
- head and shoulders above,
- head blight,
- head cabbage,
- head cold,
- head count,
- head covering,
- head crash,
- head earing,
- head for the hills,
- head game,
- head gasket,
- head gate,
- head home,
- head honcho,
- head hunter,
- head lettuce,
- head lice,
- head linesman,
- head louse,
- head nurse,
- head of hair,
- head of household,
- head of state,
- head over heels,
- head over heels in,
- head register,
- head restraint,
- head rhyme,
- head shop,
- head smut,
- head start,
- head teacher,
- head tone,
- head trip,
- head word,
- head-on,
- heads-up,
- heels over head,
- human head,
- hydrostatic head,
- level head,
- magnetic head,
- meet head on,
- nominal head,
- off the top of my head,
- pill head,
- pitot head,
- pudding head,
- pumpkin head,
- read/write head,
- rotor head,
- running head,
- spread head,
- stagger head,
- staggered head,
- swelled head,
- swelled headed,
- talking head,
- trail head,
- white head,
- A buck of the first head,
- Bald Head Island,
- Bay Head, NJ,
- Beetle-headed,
- Bluff-headed,
- Brian Head, UT,
- Buckler-headed,
- Buffle-headed,
- Cittern-head,
- Clear-headed,
- Cubbridge-head,
- Cumberland Head, NY,
- Death's-head,
- Dog-headed,
- Double-headed,
- Dunder-headed,
- Feather-head,
- Feather-headed,
- Flat-headed,
- Giddy-head,
- Giddy-headed,
- Glen Head, NY,
- Great headed widgeon,
- Gross-headed,
- Head of the Harbor, NY,
- Head-cheese,
- Head-hunter,
- Head-hunting,
- Head-lugged,
- Heavy-headed,
- Hilton Head Island,
- Hot-head,
- Hot-headed,
- Idle-headed,
- Indian Head Park,
- Indian Head, MD,
- Janus-headed,
- Light-headed,
- Mad-headed,
- Muddle-headed,
- Muddy-headed,
- Mushroom-headed,
- Nags Head, NC,
- Nail-headed,
- Neither head nor tail,
- Nott-headed,
- Pig-headed,
- Pudding-headed,
- Puzzle-headed,
- Rattle-headed,
- Rug-headed,
- Sheep-headed,
- Shock-head,
- Shock-headed,
- Snake's-head,
- Soft-headed,
- Thick-headed,
- Thorn-headed,
- To come or draw to a head,
- To give one the head,
- To go heels over head,
- To hit the nail on the head,
- To lay heads together,
- To lift up one's head,
- To lose one's head,
- To show one's head,
- Tough-head,
- Tow-head,
- Triple-headed,
- Turk's-head,
- Valley Head, AL,
- Wagon-headed,
- Woolly-head,
- addle-head,
- bald-headed,
- broad-headed,
- bullet-headed,
- burr-headed,
- club-head,
- cool-headed,
- curly-heads,
- empty-headed,
- false dragon head,
- gray-headed,
- grey-headed,
- hard-headed,
- head cabbage plant,
- head-in-the-clouds,
- head-shrinker,
- hit the nail on the head,
- horse-head,
- large-headed,
- level-headed,
- light-headedly,
- long-headed,
- mop-headed,
- nail-head,
- pig-headedly,
- pudden-head,
- ram's-head,
- short-headed,
- snake's head fritillary,
- snake-head,
- swollen-headed,
- to go over the head of a person,
- wooden-headed,
- woolly-headed,
- Bald Head Island, NC,
- Death's-head moth,
- Double-headed rail,
- Green-headed widgeon,
- Hammer-headed shark,
- Hilton Head Island, SC,
- Indian Head Park, IL,
- Nail-headed characters,
- Nail-headed molding,
- Snake's-head iris,
- Thorn-headed worm,
- Thousand-headed cabbage,
- To keep one's head above water,
- black-headed minnow,
- black-headed snake,
- blue-headed vireo,
- bone-headed dinosaur,
- bull-head plover,
- death's-head sphinx,
- dog-headed boa,
- gaff-headed sail,
- golf-club head,
- little-head snakeweed,
- logger-headed turtle,
- long-head coneflower,
- nail-head molding,
- red-headed duck,
- red-headed widgeon,
- round-headed leek,
- spiny-headed worm,
- star-headed hyacinth,
- tow-headed snake,
- valve-in-head engine,
- white-headed goose,
- white-headed stilt,
- northern casque-headed frog,
- ram's-head lady's slipper,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered