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Header

Header Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Header? [n] a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery" [n] (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head [n] a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon [n] a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters [n] brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [n] horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window [n] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Header: cope \| coping \| head \| heading \| lintel Related Terms \| Find terms related to Header: belly buster \| belly flop \| belly whopper \| cannonball \| crash dive \| cropper \| culbute \| dive \| drop \| fall \| flop \| forced landing \| gainer \| jackknife \| nose dive \| parachute jump \| pitch \| plunge \| pounce \| power dive \| pratfall \| running dive \| sky dive \| spill \| sprawl \| stationary dive \| stoop \| stumble \| swan dive \| swoop \| trip \| tumble See Also \| beam \| brick \| crosshead \| crossheading \| harvester \| headline \| hit \| hitting \| jump \| jumping \| lemma \| line \| newspaper headline \| reaper \| rubric \| running head \| running headline \| statute title \| striking \| subhead \| subheading \| title \| wall Header In Webster's Dictionary \Head"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading. 2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader. [R.] 3. (Arch.) (a) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall. (b) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces. 4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only. 5. A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header. [Colloq.]

Header Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Header?

[n] a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"
[n] (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
[n] a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
[n] a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
[n] brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
[n] horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
[n] 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 In Webster's Dictionary

\Head"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a
   machine for heading.

2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief;
   leader. [R.]

3. (Arch.)
   (a) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in
       the surface of the wall.
   (b) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two
       trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends
       of the tailpieces.

4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

5. A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle,
   or in bathing; as, to take a header. [Colloq.]

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