different between heading vs eastbound

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?d??/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?h??.??]
• Rhymes: -?d??

Verb

heading

1. present participle of head

Noun

heading (plural headings)

1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
2. (nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4. (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
5. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6. (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

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7. (flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Derived terms

• subheading

Translations

See also

• beheading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heading f (definite singular headinga, indefinite plural headingar, definite plural headingane)

1. Alternative spelling of hedding

English

Etymology

east +? bound

Adjective

eastbound (not comparable)

1. Moving or heading towards the east.

   The eastbound train is late again!

Translations

Adverb

eastbound (not comparable)

1. Toward the east.

   He drove eastbound on the George Washington Bridge.

Translations

Anagrams

• aboundest, unboasted