be ‧ head /bɪˈhed/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ head , ↑ heading , ↑ overhead , ↑ header , ↑ headship ; adjective : ↑ overhead , ↑ heady , ↑ headless , ↑ headed ; verb : ↑ head , ↑ behead ; adverb : ↑ overhead ]
to cut off someone’s head as a punishment:
Charles I was beheaded in 1649.