Sekirov Dictionary

header

UK /ˈhɛdə/US /ˈhɛdɚ/

noun 18
verb 1
forms 3

noun18

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The act of hitting the ball with the head.
- His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.
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The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
- If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.
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Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
- Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.
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Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
- That column should have the header "payment status".
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The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
- The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.
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the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
- The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
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A headlong fall, jump or dive.
- The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.
Clipping of header file.
A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
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A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).
- This wall has four header courses.
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A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
- Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers.
A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.
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(informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
- Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.
Someone who heads the ball.
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A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
- They fed the bale into the header.
(Ireland, offensive) A headcase; a nutjob (mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person).
The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
One who puts a head on something.

verb1

To strike (a ball) with one's head.

forms

headered · headering · headers

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