Found 1 hit - Term: to head off, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
head \head\ he^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.
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3. to behead; to decapitate. obs. --shak.
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4. to cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
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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
see also:
headed heading to head off to head up
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