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BEHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does behead mean? 

BEHEAD (verb)
  The verb BEHEAD has 1 sense:

1. cut the head ofplay

  Familiarity information: BEHEAD used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEHEAD (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they behead  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it beheads  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: beheaded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: beheaded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: beheading  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut the head of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

behead; decapitate; decollate

Context example:

the French King was beheaded during the Revolution

Hypernyms (to "behead" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "behead"):

guillotine (kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to behead the prisoners


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