Heading

[head·ing]

A heading is a word, phrase, or sentence at the beginning of a written passage that explains what it's about. A heading is very similar to a title.

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The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

Noun
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"

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"

Noun
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Head

n.
The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.

n.
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.

n.
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.

n.
The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

n.
That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.


Heading

Head"ing, n. 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper. 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc. 4. (Mining.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. 5. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch. 6. (Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. Knight. 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.

The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

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Usage Examples

But I believe in fair trade, and I will tell you, I have many, many friends heading up corporations, and people that do just business in China, they say it's virtually impossible. It's very, very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms.

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital.

I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I'm not really into gourmet food I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.

I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.

Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.

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