English Explanatory Dictionary

hed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The headline of a news story.
  2. Archaic spelling of head.
verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of had, representing dialectal English.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of heed
adj
  1. Acronym of howardite, eucrite, diogenite (“pertaining to howarditic/eucritic/diogenitic material”).

Pronunciation

En-au-hed.ogg

Word forms

hed heds

Etymology

Deliberately altered spelling of head, to distinguish the word as not belonging in a journalistic story. Compare lede (“lead, introduction”). Also an archaic spelling.

Related words

K-hed unhed 4 Vesta

Derived words

HED meteorite
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