 Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:22 am Test incompl/elem-59, Question 9 |
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To head =
–verb (used with object)
44. to go at the head of or in front of; lead; precede: to head a list.
45. to outdo or excel; take the lead in or over: to head a race; to head one's competitors in a field.
46. to be the head or chief of (sometimes fol. by up): to head a school; to head up a department.
47. to direct the course of; turn the head or front of in a specified direction: I'll head the boat for the shore. Head me in the right direction and I'll walk to the store.
48. to go around the head of (a stream).
49. to furnish or fit with a head.
50. to take the head off; decapitate; behead.
51. to remove the upper branches of (a tree).
52. Fox Hunting. to turn aside (a fox) from its intended course.
53. to get in front of in order to stop, turn aside, attack, etc.
54. headline (def. 4).
55. Soccer. to propel (the ball) by striking it with the head, esp. with the forehead.
–verb (used without object)
56. to move forward toward a point specified; direct one's course; go in a certain direction: to head toward town.
57. to come or grow to a head; form a head: Cabbage heads quickly.
58. (of a river or stream) to have the head or source where specified.
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