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We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.
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Meaning of "behead" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEHEAD

Old English behēafdian, from be- + heafodhead; related to Middle High German behoubeten.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BEHEAD

behead  [bɪˈhɛd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEHEAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Behead is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb behead in English.

WHAT DOES BEHEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

behead

Decapitation

Decapitation is the separation of the head from the body. Beheading typically refers to the act of intentional decapitation, e.g., as a means of murder or execution; it may be accomplished, for example, with an axe, sword, knife, wire, or by other more sophisticated means such as a guillotine. An executioner carrying out decapitations is called a headsman. Accidental decapitation can be the result of an explosion, car or industrial accident, improperly administered execution by hanging or other violent injury. Suicide by decapitation is rare, but not unknown. The national laws of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, and Qatar permit beheading, but Saudi Arabia is the only country that continues to behead its offenders. The word decapitation can also refer, on occasion, to the removal of the head from a body that is already dead. This might be done to take the head as a trophy, for public display, to make the deceased more difficult to identify, for cryonics or for other reasons.

Definition of behead in the English dictionary

The definition of behead in the dictionary is to remove the head from; decapitate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEHEAD

PRESENT

Present
I behead
you behead
he/she/it beheads
we behead
you behead
they behead
Present continuous
I am beheading
you are beheading
he/she/it is beheading
we are beheading
you are beheading
they are beheading
Present perfect
I have beheaded
you have beheaded
he/she/it has beheaded
we have beheaded
you have beheaded
they have beheaded
Present perfect continuous
I have been beheading
you have been beheading
he/she/it has been beheading
we have been beheading
you have been beheading
they have been beheading
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I beheaded
you beheaded
he/she/it beheaded
we beheaded
you beheaded
they beheaded
Past continuous
I was beheading
you were beheading
he/she/it was beheading
we were beheading
you were beheading
they were beheading
Past perfect
I had beheaded
you had beheaded
he/she/it had beheaded
we had beheaded
you had beheaded
they had beheaded
Past perfect continuous
I had been beheading
you had been beheading
he/she/it had been beheading
we had been beheading
you had been beheading
they had been beheading
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will behead
you will behead
he/she/it will behead
we will behead
you will behead
they will behead
Future continuous
I will be beheading
you will be beheading
he/she/it will be beheading
we will be beheading
you will be beheading
they will be beheading
Future perfect
I will have beheaded
you will have beheaded
he/she/it will have beheaded
we will have beheaded
you will have beheaded
they will have beheaded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been beheading
you will have been beheading
he/she/it will have been beheading
we will have been beheading
you will have been beheading
they will have been beheading
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would behead
you would behead
he/she/it would behead
we would behead
you would behead
they would behead
Conditional continuous
I would be beheading
you would be beheading
he/she/it would be beheading
we would be beheading
you would be beheading
they would be beheading
Conditional perfect
I would have behead
you would have behead
he/she/it would have behead
we would have behead
you would have behead
they would have behead
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been beheading
you would have been beheading
he/she/it would have been beheading
we would have been beheading
you would have been beheading
they would have been beheading
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you behead
we let´s behead
you behead
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to behead
Past participle
beheaded
Present Participle
beheading
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEHEAD


ahead
əˈhɛd
arrowhead
ˈærəʊˌhɛd
Birkenhead
ˌbɜːkənˈhɛd
flathead
ˈflætˌhɛd
forkhead
ˈfɔːkˌhɛd
Gateshead
ˈɡeɪtsˌhɛd
hammerhead
ˈhæməˌhɛd
head
hɛd
Holyhead
ˈhɒlɪˌhɛd
letterhead
ˈlɛtəˌhɛd
maidenhead
ˈmeɪdənˌhɛd
masthead
ˈmɑːstˌhɛd
overhead
ˈəʊvəˌhɛd
printhead
ˈprɪntˌhɛd
redhead
ˈrɛdˌhɛd
skinhead
ˈskɪnˌhɛd
spearhead
ˈspɪəˌhɛd
Spithead
ˌspɪtˈhɛd
unhead
ʌnˈhɛd
Whitehead
ˈwaɪtˌhɛd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEHEAD

behaviour patterns
behaviour therapy
behavioural
behavioural contagion
behavioural science
behavioural sink
behaviourally
behaviourism
behaviourist
behaviouristic
beheadal
beheader
beheading
beheld
behemoth
behest
behight
behind
behind bars
behind line

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEHEAD

beetlehead
bluehead
bobblehead
bonehead
bridgehead
bubblehead
bufflehead
chucklehead
cokehead
dopehead
fiddlehead
figurehead
forehead
juicehead
knucklehead
muddlehead
snakehead
sorehead
squarehead
the go-ahead
turtlehead

Synonyms and antonyms of behead in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEHEAD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «behead» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of behead

Translation of «behead» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEHEAD

Find out the translation of behead to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of behead from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «behead» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decapitar
570 millions of speakers

English

behead
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिर काट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قطع رأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обезглавить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decapitar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কতল করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décapiter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepalanya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

enthaupten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

首を切る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

참수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Behead
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chém đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிரச்சேதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिरच्छेद करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kafasını kesmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decapitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ściąć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обезголовити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decapita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκεφαλίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onthoof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halshugga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halshugge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of behead

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEHEAD»

The term «behead» is regularly used and occupies the 97.381 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEHEAD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «behead» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «behead» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about behead

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3 QUOTES WITH «BEHEAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word behead.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.
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Ali Khamenei
We seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims.
3
Joshua A. Norton
The Supreme Court of the United States is hereby commanded to try Andrew Johnson for usurpation of our Imperial authority and prerogatives, and if found guilty, behead him or send him here to black the Emperor's boots.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEHEAD»

Discover the use of behead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to behead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brainteasers and Mindbenders
January 9 Behead an animal (FOX) and leave an animal (OX). Behead a musical instrument and leave a musical instrument. Behead a margin and leave a margin. Behead a vessel and leave a vessel. Behead to liquefy and leave to liquefy.
Ben Hamilton, 1992
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Quick Wits
Worksheet #22-1 Remove the first letter from each word you are looking for ( behead it) and you will have a second, new word. The assembled beheaded letters will spell the name of a famous person, in the same order in which they were ...
Marlene Caroselli, 1998
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Mind Ticklerz Word Games: 700+ Scramblers, Anagrams, ...
700+ Scramblers, Anagrams, Acrostics, and more - for hours of entertainment Charles Timmerman. Behead to Make P Words 1. Behead saliva and get a hole in the ground. 2. Behead an empty area and get a rate of movement. 3. Behead ...
Charles Timmerman, 2008
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Boys' Life
Behead an animal and leave a preposition. Answer: c-at. 1. Behead an animal and leave part of the head. 2. Behead an animal and leave another animal. 3. Behead an animal and leave real estate. 4. Behead an animal and leave a colored ...
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U.S. Import Statistics for Fishery and Marine-Related ...
... 67 TURBOT, FILLETED, FROZEN, 23 WHITEFISH, FROZEN, WHOLE OR BEHEADED, ETC, NOT SCALED, 72 WOLF FISH, FILLETED, FROZEN, 73 YELLOWFIN EVISCERATED BEHEAD FRESH, CHILLED OR FRZ, 64 YELLOWFIN NSPF, ...
Kevin M. Yokoyama, Kulavit Wanitprapha, Stuart Tadashi Nakamoto, 1989
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The Curious Book of Mind-boggling Teasers, Tricks, Puzzles & ...
Behead Behead Behead Behead Behead Behead Behead Behead Behead a tree, and leave the roof of a vault. "on high," and leave the topmost story. "thrown violently," and leave an organ of the body. a preposition, and leave a contest. your ...
Charles Barry Townsend, 2003
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The Handbook of the History of English
Behead-class. words. This section considers verbs like behead which are created by prefixation to a noun base, usually with a meaning of removal (but also with meanings such as 'leave, descend from a vehicle'). Behead is the only relevant ...
Ans van Kemenade, Bettelou Los, 2009
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Boys' Life
October Beheadings (Prize Puzzle) Example: Behead to gaze and leave a weed. Answer: S-tare. 1. Behead to squeeze, and leave a measure of length. 2. Behead to bar, and leave to cease. 3. Behead vessels for holding liquids, and leave ...
9
Bed, Wed, Behead
Bed, Wed, Behead
Adam Nightingale, 2014
10
The Complete Romances of Voltaire
... always ready to execute barbarous orders, because they are paid for it. X. How . They. Wanted. to. Behead. the. Princess. and. Did. Not. Do. It. No sooner had the princess entered the camp of the king, than he said to her: "My daughter, you ...
Voltaire, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEHEAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term behead is used in the context of the following news items.
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HSBC employees sacked for 'abhorrent' mock Isil execution video
Tomorrow's front page: Behead Cases pic.twitter.com/LXlY7KznOz. — The Sun (@TheSun) July 6, 2015. One of the men dressed in black ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Isis militants behead two Syrian women for witchcraft
Isis militants behead two Syrian women for witchcraft. First such executions among more than 3,000 carried out by Islamic State since it ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
#NotAllMuslims Behead Women For Practicing Sorcery
It's 2015, and it's time to stop pretending female sorcerers are second-class infidels. They deserve equal treatment. TRIGGER WARNING: The ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
4
Why you can't behead the protagonist's mother when writing horror …
When Darren Shan wrote the first draft of Lord Loss, the book that kicked off his Demonata series, he gruesomely beheaded the main ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Saudi Arabia: Isis Threatens to Behead Comedian who Mocked …
The Islamic State (Isis) militants have threatened to behead a comedian from Saudi Arabia, who on a TV show mocked the jihadi extremist ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jun 15»
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Islamic Militants in Syria behead several couples
Islamic Militants in Syria behead several couples. Comments ( 0 ). Syrian activists say Islamic State militants have beheaded women in Syria for ... «Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Jun 15»
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Philippines slams Abu Sayyaf threat to behead hostages
The Philippines has condemned an al-Qaeda-linked militant group for threatening to behead a village chief and two coastguards unless ... «Anadolu Agency, Jun 15»
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Suspected Ritualists behead Okada Rider in Ekpoma
Suspected ritual men have beheaded a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called Okada Rider in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area ... «Nigerian Observer, Jun 15»
9
Darwin terror teen had list of people to behead
A Northern Territory teen arrested for property offences inside a juvenile detention centre had allegedly created a death list of people he ... «9news.com.au, Jun 15»
10
Terrorists behead man in France
Terrorists behead man in France. 26 June 2015; 00:44. 0. Share. A man has been decapitated during a suspected Islamist terror attack in the Isere region of ... «BT.com, Jun 15»

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