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Noun: headline  'hed,lIn
  1. The heading or caption of a newspaper article
    "The headline read: 'Peace Treaty Signed'";
    - newspaper headline
Verb: headline  'hed,lIn
  1. Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
    "The discovery was headlined in all major newspapers"
     
  2. (publication) provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
    "The editor headlined the breaking news story on the front page"
Noun: head line
  1. In palmistry, a crease on the palm believed to indicate mental characteristics, intellectual capacity, and communication style
    "Often, the head line is joined with the life line at inception"

Derived forms: headlined, headlines, headlining

Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], crease, crinkle, furnish, furrow, head, header, heading, line, offer, provide, publicise [Brit], publicize, render, seam, supply, wrinkle

Part of: newspaper, palm, paper, thenar

Encyclopedia: Headline, William