head up

dirigir, encabezar

Dirigir un equipo, una organización o una actividad y ser responsable de su trabajo.

En inglés sencillo: You lead a team, organization, or activity and are responsible for its work.

• She heads up our team.
• He headed up the project last year.
• Who will head up the new department?

Cómo se usa: head up something (She heads up the research department.)

Sinónimos: lead, manage, direct, run

Expresiones frecuentes: head up a team, head up a project, head up something

orzar

Un barco gira para que su proa apunte más hacia la dirección de donde viene el viento.

En inglés sencillo: A boat turns so that its front points more toward the direction the wind comes from.

• Head up a little.
• The boat headed up as the wind changed.
• Can you head up without letting the sails flap?

Cómo se usa: head up into the wind (The skipper headed up into the wind.)

Sinónimos: luff up

Antónimos: bear away

Expresiones frecuentes: head up slowly, head up into wind

poner la tapa a un barril

Cerrar un barril colocándole una pieza plana de madera en un extremo.

En inglés sencillo: You close a barrel by fitting a flat wooden end onto it.

• The cooper headed up the barrel.
• They head up the casks once the wooden sides are ready.
• Has this barrel been headed up properly?

Cómo se usa: head up something (The cooper headed up the cask before testing it.)

Sinónimos: seal, close

Expresiones frecuentes: head up a barrel, head up a cask