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1. | [ noun ] (linguistics,writing) a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | |
Synonyms: | header 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 | |
2. | [ noun ] (transportation) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | |
Synonyms: | bearing aim | |
Related terms: | direction tack steer | |
3. | [ noun ] (mining) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | |
Synonyms: | gallery drift | |
Examples: | "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" |
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Related terms: | passageway mining | |
Similar spelling: |
heating Hettinger hedonic hedonsim hedonist hedonism |