1. A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
   "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text";
   - header, head
    
2. The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
   "The ship adjusted its heading to avoid the storm";
   - bearing, aim
    
3. (mining) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
   "The miners followed the heading deeper into the mountain";
   - drift, gallery

1. Be in charge of
   "Who is heading this project?";
   - lead
    
2. To go or travel towards
   "where is she heading?"; "We were headed for the mountains"
    
3. Travel in front of; go in advance of others
   "The procession was headed by John";
   - lead
    
4. Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
   "This student heads the class";
   - head up
    
5. Control or determine the movement, direction, or course of something
   "The captain headed the ship through the strait";
   - steer, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise [Brit]
    
6. Take its rise
   "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
    
7. Be in the front of or on top of
   "The list was headed by the name of the president"
    
8. Form a head, come or grow to a head
   "The wheat headed early this year"
    
9. Remove the head of
   "head the fish"

Derived forms: headings

Type of: arise, command, continue, control, develop, direct, direction, form, go forward, grow, lead, lie, line, move ahead, originate, passageway, precede, proceed, remove, rise, spring up, take, take away, uprise [archaic, literary], way, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Heading, James