'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