: having a head or heads of a specified kind or number—used in combination
became light-headed from the fever
a roundheaded screw
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Groggy, foggy-headed, dragging through the afternoon?—Hunter Boyce, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026 That definition more-or-less correlates with what Opta considers ‘headed clearances’.—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026 King left Chamonix disappointed, and also clear-headed.—Andy Wacker, Outside, 14 Dec. 2025 Most headed downtown, all appeared to skip the fare.—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headed
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of headed was
before the 12th century