heading

Noun
  1. A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about (synset 106355341)
    "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
    is a type of: line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
    subtypes:
    • crosshead, crossheading - a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
    • headline, newspaper headline - the heading or caption of a newspaper article
    • lemma - the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
    • rubric - a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type
    • running head, running headline - a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
    • subhead, subheading - a heading of a subdivision of a text
    • rubric, statute title, title - a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
    same as: head, header
  2. The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies (synset 108698626)
    is a type of: direction, way - a line leading to a place or point
    subtypes: tack - the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
    same as: aim, bearing
  3. A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine (synset 103244102)
    "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
    referred to in: excavation, mining - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
    is a type of: passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings
    same as: drift, gallery

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