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1. | [ noun ] (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head | |
Related terms: | hit soccer | |
2. | [ noun ] (agriculture) a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon | |
Related terms: | harvester | |
3. | [ noun ] a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters | |
Related terms: | beam | |
4. | [ noun ] brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | |
Synonyms: | coping cope | |
Related terms: | brick wall | |
5. | [ noun ] horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window | |
Synonyms: | lintel | |
Related terms: | beam | |
6. | [ noun ] (linguistics,writing) a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | |
Synonyms: | heading head | |
Examples: | "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" |
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Related terms: | line title headline rubric running_head crossheading subheading lemma head | |
7. | [ noun ] a headlong jump (or fall) | |
Examples: | "he took a header into the shrubbery" |
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Related terms: | jump | |
Similar spelling: |
Heider Hedera Heeter heater hetaira heather |