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# headlong

«headlong» in Mova's school dictionary: **Head first, with a fast rush, in a way that is not careful** — 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; adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adverb) Head first, with a fast rush, in a way that is not careful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlong/#m1)

2) (adjective) Rushing forward very fast, without thinking first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlong/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a character rushes or dives in a reckless way; in the lessons it describes a fast, careless movement, e.g. «a headlong rush»

### examples

- The giant came headlong down the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlong/#x1)
- He dived headlong into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlong/#x2)
- The children made a headlong dash for the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlong/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.103/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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