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# headfirst

«headfirst» in Mova's school dictionary: **With your head going in front of the rest of your body** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (headfirst; also head first, head-first); adjective (a headfirst dive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) With your head going in front of the rest of your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#m1)

2) Without stopping to think first; too quickly («rush headfirst into something»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In swimming and water safety it is very important: never dive headfirst into shallow or unknown water, because you can hit the bottom and break your neck. In stories it shows speed or rashness: «fell headfirst», «slid headfirst», «jumped headfirst into the plan».

### examples

- He slid headfirst down the slide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#x1)
- Never dive headfirst into a pool if you do not know how deep it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#x2)
- The cat fell headfirst into the laundry basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#x3)
- She ran headfirst into the adventure without a plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#x4)
- The baseball player slid headfirst into the base. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#x5)
- The diver went in headfirst with a neat splash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#x6)
- She plunged headfirst into the hole, and slid down the shaft after her baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/#x7)

### note

Can be written as one word, two words or with a hyphen. It is an adverb («fell headfirst»), not «headfirstly». Opposite direction: «feet first». The second meaning is about acting without thinking, like «rush in».

### In the corpora

- [Empty buckets after use, because a toddler can fall headfirst into one and drown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «headfirst» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headfirst/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.