headed

past tense of head
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as in went
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road to riches headed north, thought many, as off they went to Alaska to try their luck at panning gold

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as in decapitated
to cut off the head of got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle

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“Headed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headed. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

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