[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.
      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
see also:
headed heading to head off to head up 

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