(n.) One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
(n.) One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.
(n.) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
(n.) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.
(n.) A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
(n.) A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was sent into the box and Jaap Stam's free header went towards Kaka at the far post.
(2) Perisic darts in from the edge of the penalty area to get on the end of it and thumps a meaty header wide.
(3) There was no chance of Visca relenting and in the 32nd minute he crossed for Zukanovic, whose weak header was saved easily by Darren Randolph.
(4) It was a wonderful piece of close control from Cassano, taking out two defenders in one movement, and Balotelli was quicker and more decisive than his marker, Holger Badstuber, to flash his header past Neuer.
(5) The Dozen: the weekend's best Premier League photos Read more The visitors scored late on through Mame Biram Diouf’s header but had chances before and after having played with great intent and togetherness, with Diouf guilty of missing two good chances in the first half alone.
(6) The goalkeeper then had to paw out another Carroll header.
(7) There were flickers for Alberto Moreno and Origi straight away, Lallana looped a header off target and Jordan Henderson got the better of Aké before seeing Heurelho Gomes tip over his shot.
(8) Cohen crossed the ball long from the right and Hurst rose magnificently to deflect in another header which Tilkowski could only scramble away from his right hand post, Ball turned the ball back into the goalmouth and the German’s desperation was unmistakable as Overath came hurtling in to scythe the ball away for a corner.
(9) Aortic pressure and right-ventricular filling pressure could be adjusted independently of each other via two header tanks.
(10) Karol Mets had moved back from midfield to take Klavan’s position and it was tempting to wonder whether England’s night would be engulfed in frustration when Chambers picked out Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the six-yard area and the substitute could not get a clean contact on his header.
(11) Belgium were playing a more patient passing game now and, when Origi hit the bar with a header from Mertens’ diagonal cross, it began to look unlikely that the USA would be able to hold out.
(12) The second, a free header from Martin Kelly off Bellamy's free-kick, was softly shipped.
(13) Özil showed great determination to get into the six-yard area, sprinting forwards and turning in the cross with a stooping header.
(14) Calling London … Prince and 3RDEYEGIRL at Shepherd's Bush Empire Fresh from his Valentine's night double-header of shows at King's Place, beneath the Guardian's offices in north London, Prince has announced his Sunday night appearance at Koko in Camden Town will take the form of three separate gigs.
(15) Admittedly, minutes earlier Steven Fletcher’s header from a Lens cross had flown only marginally off target but it represented a rare shaft of sunlight.
(16) This was similar, particularly given that, after all their early endeavour, an amateurish mistake undermined them before the half-hour mark as Aldo Simoncini tripped over his team-mate Luca Tosi’s foot in the six-yard box to allow Phil Jagielka to loop a free header into the gaping net.
(17) Robert Lewandowski wins the aeriel duel but is unable to control his header and sends the ball high and wide.
(18) Vardy has plenty of other qualities, however, and he played a key role in Leicester’s equaliser early in the second half, racing clear on the right after Wanyama’s careless header and crossing for Musa, who forced the ball past Hugo Lloris at the far post.
(19) Saúl gave the ball away to John Guidetti who powered home a 25-metre drive and Correa struck the crossbar at the other end before Hernández got his second with a header from Hugo Mallo’s cross.
(20) Everton would really have been left kicking themselves had he found the target with his simplest chance, a free header from a corner five minutes from time.
Laid
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Lay.
(imp. & p. p.) of Lay
Example Sentences:
(1) Stress is laid on certain principles of diagnostic research in the event of extra-suprarenal pheochromocytomas.
(2) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
(3) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.
(4) Special emphasis is laid on the new or unusual clinical patterns of dystonia as well as on the latest advances in its treatment.
(5) Hawking's latest comments go beyond those laid out in his 2010 book, The Grand Design , in which he asserted that there is no need for a creator to explain the existence of the universe.
(6) The building blocks were laid out in a sweeping document presented by Van Rompuy and colleagues earlier this week that included sharing debt in the form of jointly issued eurobonds.
(7) vittatus eggs laid on damp mud were placed in dry rockpools for 10 weeks and kept dry for a further 6 weeks in the laboratory.
(8) Subculturing of these cells onto substrata laid down by well differentiated (mature) colon carcinoma cells resulted in cell attachment and spreading.
(9) An area on top of a hill near to the spot where Sharon was laid to rest alongside his late wife, Lily, was penned off with crash barriers.
(10) As she was laid to rest fireworks illuminated the grey sky.
(11) I think rightly, people have been concerned about whether Syria will follow through on the commitments that have been laid forth, and I think there are legitimate concerns as to how technically we are going to be getting those chemical weapons out while there is still fighting going on.
(12) It will be the first time that governments have clearly laid out a vision of accessible usable data across the entire chain of public contracting.
(13) It is argued that this assumption is often made without sufficient attention to foundational principles of professional ethics; that once core principles are laid bare this assumption is revealed as largely unwarranted; and, finally, that these observations at the level of moral theory should be reflected, in various ways, in medical practice.
(14) In another, Underwood and his aide are monitoring police communications from his office – and laid out on their desk are no fewer than nine iPhones and iPads.
(15) A photo circulating among former school friends, which appears to show Abdullah dead and laid out on the ground, has been seen by the Guardian.
(16) The flowers were made and laid by thousands of people who had travelled to Hyde Park from around Britain for the Big IF rally.
(17) The best option for the west is to avoid taking sides and instead try to contain the crisis at a time when the region needs dialogue more than ever.” Officials and analysts with ties to Riyadh say it was just a timeline laid out by the judicial process.
(18) There are solutions to this and it is to be hoped that a more workable amendment will be laid very soon.
(19) Behind the mild-mannered, laid-back exterior, the extraordinary calm, is a man of great steeliness and backbone," said one adviser.
(20) On the basis of these observations, stress is laid on the importance of atrial rhythm disease as a cause of acute cerebral ischaemia in the elderly subject