2head verb
heads; head·ed; head·ing 1 [+ obj] a : to be the leader of (something)
▪ She heads the committee. ▪ The group was headed by the church pastor. ▪ He was accused of heading the revolt. — often + up ▪ The research committee was headed up by several leading scientists.
b : to be first on (a list)
▪ He heads [=tops] the list of candidates for the job. 2 always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] : to go in a specified direction or toward a specified place
▪ She turned around and headed (for) home. ▪ I hopped in the car and headed down the street. ▪ After lunch, we headed back to the office. ▪ She headed out early this morning. ▪ The birds have already started heading south for the winter. ◊To be heading or headed somewhere is to be going or directed somewhere.
▪ Where are you heading? = Where are you headed? [=where are you going?] ▪ The ship was heading/headed out to sea. — often + for ▪ We were on a plane headed for Hawaii. — often used figuratively ▪ The economy may be heading into a recession. ▪ If you keep acting like this, you'll be heading/headed for trouble! 3 [+ obj] soccer : to hit (the ball) with your head
▪ The forward headed the ball into the goal.
▪ She heads the committee. ▪ The group was headed by the church pastor. ▪ He was accused of heading the revolt. — often + up ▪ The research committee was headed up by several leading scientists.
b : to be first on (a list)
▪ He heads [=tops] the list of candidates for the job.
▪ She turned around and headed (for) home. ▪ I hopped in the car and headed down the street. ▪ After lunch, we headed back to the office. ▪ She headed out early this morning. ▪ The birds have already started heading south for the winter. ◊To be heading or headed somewhere is to be going or directed somewhere.
▪ Where are you heading? = Where are you headed? [=where are you going?] ▪ The ship was heading/headed out to sea. — often + for ▪ We were on a plane headed for Hawaii. — often used figuratively ▪ The economy may be heading into a recession. ▪ If you keep acting like this, you'll be heading/headed for trouble!
▪ The forward headed the ball into the goal.
head off [phrasal verb] 1 : to go to another place
▪ I'll see you later—I'm heading off. ▪ He headed off to work. 2 head (someone) off or head off (someone) : to stop (someone) from moving forward
▪ We can head them off at the pass. 3 head (something) off or head off (something) : to prevent (something) from happening
▪ They tried to head off the crisis by raising interest rates.
▪ I'll see you later—I'm heading off. ▪ He headed off to work.
▪ We can head them off at the pass.
▪ They tried to head off the crisis by raising interest rates.
