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Head

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Noun

1. caput, head

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

Example Sentences:
'he stuck his head out the window'

2. head

a single domestic animal

Example Sentences:
'200 head of cattle'

3. brain, head, mind, nous, psyche

that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

Example Sentences:
'his mind wandered'
'I couldn't get his words out of my head'

4. chief, head, top dog

a person who is in charge

Example Sentences:
'the head of the whole operation'

5. head

the front of a military formation or procession

Example Sentences:
'the head of the column advanced boldly'
'they were at the head of the attack'

6. head

the pressure exerted by a fluid

Example Sentences:
'a head of steam'

7. head

the top of something

Example Sentences:
'the head of the stairs'
'the head of the page'
'the head of the list'

8. fountainhead, head, headspring

the source of water from which a stream arises

Example Sentences:
'they tracked him back toward the head of the stream'

9. head, head word

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

10. head

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

11. head

the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

Example Sentences:
'he is two heads taller than his little sister'
'his horse won by a head'

12. capitulum, head

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

Example Sentences:
'a head of cauliflower'
'a head of lettuce'

13. head, head teacher, principal, school principal

the educator who has executive authority for a school

Example Sentences:
'she sent unruly pupils to see the principal'

14. head

an individual person

Example Sentences:
'tickets are $5 per head'

15. head

a user of (usually soft) drugs

Example Sentences:
'the office was full of secret heads'

16. foreland, head, headland, promontory

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

17. head

a rounded compact mass

Example Sentences:
'the head of a comet'

18. head

the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

Example Sentences:
'the beer had a large head of foam'

19. forefront, head

the part in the front or nearest the viewer

Example Sentences:
'he was in the forefront'
'he was at the head of the column'

20. head, pass, straits

a difficult juncture

Example Sentences:
'a pretty pass'
'matters came to a head yesterday'

21. head, headway

forward movement

Example Sentences:
'the ship made little headway against the gale'

22. head, point

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

Example Sentences:
'the point of the arrow was due north'

23. head, question

the subject matter at issue

Example Sentences:
'the question of disease merits serious discussion'
'under the head of minor Roman poets'

24. head, header, heading

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

Example Sentences:
'the heading seemed to have little to do with the text'

25. head

the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

Example Sentences:
'the head of the humerus'

26. head

that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

27. head, read/write head

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

28. head

(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

Example Sentences:
'call heads or tails!'

29. head

the striking part of a tool

Example Sentences:
'the head of the hammer'

30. head

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

31. head

a projection out from one end

Example Sentences:
'the head of the nail'
'a pinhead is the head of a pin'

32. drumhead, head

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

33. head, oral sex

oral stimulation of the genitals

Example Sentences:
'they say he gives good head'

Verb

34. head

to go or travel towards

Example Sentences:
'where is she heading'
'We were headed for the mountains'

35. head, lead

be in charge of

Example Sentences:
'Who is heading this project?'

36. head, lead

travel in front of; go in advance of others

Example Sentences:
'The procession was headed by John'

37. head, head up

be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

Example Sentences:
'This student heads the class'

38. channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

39. head

take its rise

Example Sentences:
'These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas'

40. head

be in the front of or on top of

Example Sentences:
'The list was headed by the name of the president'

41. head

form a head or come or grow to a head

Example Sentences:
'The wheat headed early this year'

42. head

remove the head of

Example Sentences:
'head the fish'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Head

see synonyms of head
noun
1. 
the upper or front part of the body in vertebrates, including man, that contains and protects the brain, eyes, mouth, and nose and ears when present
▶ Related adjective: cephalic
2. 
the corresponding part of an invertebrate animal
3. 
something resembling a head in form or function, such as the top of a tool
4. 
a. 
the person commanding most authority within a group, organization, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
head buyer
c. 
(in combination)
headmaster
5. 
the position of leadership or command
at the head of his class
6. 
a. 
the most forward part of a thing; a part that juts out; front
the head of a queue
b. 
(as modifier)
head point
7. 
the highest part of a thing; upper end
the head of the pass
8. 
the froth on the top of a glass of beer
9. 
aptitude, intelligence, and emotions (esp in the phrases above or over one's head, have a head for, keep one's head, lose one's head, etc)
she has a good head for figures
a wise old head
10. Word forms: plural head
a person or animal considered as a unit
the show was two pounds per head
six hundred head of cattle
11. 
the head considered as a measure of length or height
he's a head taller than his mother
12. botany
a. 
a dense inflorescence such as that of the daisy and other composite plants
b. 
any other compact terminal part of a plant, such as the leaves of a cabbage or lettuce
13. 
a culmination or crisis (esp in the phrase bring or come to a head)
14. 
the pus-filled tip or central part of a pimple, boil, etc
15. 
the head considered as the part of the body on which hair grows densely
a fine head of hair
16. 
the source or origin of a river or stream
17. (capital when part of name)
a headland or promontory, esp a high one
18. 
the obverse of a coin, usually bearing a portrait of the head or a full figure of a monarch, deity, etc
Compare tail1
19. 
a main point or division of an argument, discourse, etc
20. (often plural)
the headline at the top of a newspaper article or the heading of a section within an article
21. nautical
a. 
the front part of a ship or boat
b. 
(in sailing ships) the upper corner or edge of a sail
c. 
the top of any spar or derrick
d. 
any vertical timber cut to shape
e. (often plural) a slang word for lavatory
22. grammar another word for governor (sense 7)
23. 
the taut membrane of a drum, tambourine, etc
24. 
a. 
the height of the surface of liquid above a specific point, esp when considered or used as a measure of the pressure at that point
a head of four feet
b. 
pressure of water, caused by height or velocity, measured in terms of a vertical column of water
c. 
any pressure
a head of steam in the boiler
25. slang
a. 
a person who regularly takes drugs, esp LSD or cannabis
b. 
(in combination)
an acidhead
a pothead
26. mining
a road driven into the coal face
27. 
a. 
the terminal point of a route
b. 
(in combination)
railhead
28. 
a device on a turning or boring machine, such as a lathe, that is equipped with one or more cutting tools held to the work by this device
29.  cylinder head
30. 
an electromagnet that can read, write, or erase information on a magnetic medium such as a magnetic tape, disk, or drum, used in computers, tape recorders, etc
31. informal short for headmaster, headmistress, head teacher
32. 
a. 
the head of a horse considered as a narrow margin in the outcome of a race (in the phrase win by a head)
b. 
any narrow margin of victory (in the phrase (win) by a head)
33. informal short for headache
34. curling
the stones lying in the house after all 16 have been played
35. bowling
the jack and the bowls that have been played considered together as a target area
36.  against the head
37.  bite someone's head off
38.  bring to a head
39.  get it into one's head
40.  give head
41.  give someone his or her head
42.  give a horse its head
43.  go to one's head
44.  head and shoulders above
45.  head over heels
46.  hold up one's head
47.  keep one's head
48.  keep one's head above water
49.  make head
50.  make head or tail of
51.  off one's head
52.  off the top of one's head
53.  on one's head
54.  one's head off
55.  over someone's head
56.  put their heads together
57.  take it into one's head
58.  turn heads
59.  turn something on its head
60.  turn someone's head
verb
61. (transitive)
to be at the front or top of
to head the field
62. (transitive; often foll by up)
to be in the commanding or most important position
63. (often foll by for)
to go or cause to go (towards)
where are you heading?
64. 
to turn or steer (a vessel) as specified
to head into the wind
65. soccer
to propel (the ball) by striking it with the head
66. (transitive)
to provide with or be a head or heading
to head a letter
the quotation which heads chapter 6
67. (transitive)
to cut the top branches or shoots off (a tree or plant)
68. (intransitive)
to form a head, as a boil or plant
69. (intransitive; often foll by in)
(of streams, rivers, etc) to originate or rise in
70.  head them
noun
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Head

see synonyms of head
noun
1. 
a. 
the top part of the body in humans, the apes, etc., or the front part in most other animals: in higher animals it is a bony structure containing the brain, and including the jaws, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
b. 
this part exclusive of the face
2. 
a. 
the head as the seat of reason, memory, and imagination; mind; intelligence
to use one's head
b. 
aptitude; ability
to have a head for mathematics
c.  Informal
a headache, esp. as part of a hangover
3. 
the head as a symbol for the individual; person
dinner at five dollars a head
4. Word forms: plural head
the head as a unit of counting
fifty head of cattle
5. 
a representation of a head, as in painting or sculpture
6. 
the obverse of a coin, usually with such a representation
: often heads
7. 
the highest or uppermost part or thing; top
; specif.,
a. 
the top of a page, column of figures, etc.
b. 
a printed title at the top of a page, section of writing, etc.
c. 
a chief point of discussion; topic of a section, chapter, etc. in a speech or written work
d. 
a headline for a newspaper story
e. 
froth floating on newly poured effervescent beverages, esp. on beer
f. 
that end of a cask or barrel which is uppermost at any time
g. 
the upper edge or corner of a sail
8. 
the foremost part of a thing; front
; specif.,
a. 
a part associated with the human head
the head of a bed
b. 
the end of a pier farthest from land
c. 
the front part of a ship; bow
d.  Nautical
a toilet, or lavatory
e. 
the front position, as of a column of marchers
f. 
either end of something; extremity
9. 
the projecting part of something
; specif.,
a. 
the part designed for holding, pushing, striking, etc.
the head of a pin, the head of a golf club
b. 
a jutting mass of rock, land, etc. as of a mountain
c. 
a point of land; promontory; headland
d. 
a projecting place in a boil or other inflammation where pus is about to break through
e. 
the part of a tape recorder that records or plays back the magnetic signals on the tape
f. 
warhead
10. 
the membrane stretched across the end of a drum, tambourine, etc.; drumhead
11. 
the source of a flowing body of water; beginning of a stream, river, etc.
12. 
a. 
a source of water kept at some height to supply a mill, etc.
b. 
the height of such a source of water or the vertical distance through which it falls
c. 
a rush of water, as in a riptide
13. 
the pressure in an enclosed fluid, as steam, from its own weight or applied externally
14. 
a position of leadership, honor, or first importance
the head of the class
15. 
the person who is foremost or in charge; leader, ruler, chief, director, etc.
16. 
a headmaster
17.  Botany
a. 
a dense cluster of tiny sessile flowers attached to a common receptacle, as in the composite family
b. 
a large, compact bud
a head of cabbage
c. 
the uppermost part of a plant's foliage
the head of a tree
18.  US, Jazz
a. 
the melody or theme of a composition
b. 
an improvised, usually extemporaneous arrangement that is not written down
: in full head arrangement
19.  Linguistics
any word or word group in a construction that functions grammatically like the entire construction
“woman” is the head of “the woman who wrote that book”
20.  Mining
heading (sense 4)
21.  Music
the rounded part of a note, at the end of the stem
22.  US, Slang
a. 
a habitual user of a hallucinogen, stimulant, etc., as marijuana or cocaine
often in combination
acidhead
b. 
a person dedicated to, enthusiastic about, or addicted to some interest, activity, food, etc.
usually in combination
cheesehead
adjective
23. 
of or having to do with the head
24. 
most important; principal; commanding; first
25. 
to be found at the top or front
26. 
striking against the front
head winds
verb transitive
27. 
to be the chief of or in charge of; command; direct
28. 
a. 
to be at the top or beginning of; lead; precede
often with up
to head a list
b. 
to take a lead over, as in a race or competition
29. 
to supply (a pin, etc.) with a head
30.  Rare
to behead; decapitate
31. 
to trim the higher part from (a tree or plant); poll
32.  US
to go around the head of
to head a stream
33. 
to turn or cause to go in a specified direction
to head a car for home
34.  Soccer
to hit (the ball) with one's head
verb intransitive
35. 
to grow or come to a head
36. 
to set out; travel
to head eastward
37.  US
to originate, as a river

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Head

see synonyms of head
n.
1.
a. The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.
b. The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.
c. The length or height of such a part: The horse lost by a head. She is two heads taller than he is.
2. The seat of the faculty of reason; intelligence, intellect, or mind: I did the figuring in my head.
3. Mental ability or aptitude: She has a good head for mathematics.
4. Freedom of choice or action: Give the child his head and see how well he solves the problems.
5. Slang
a. A habitual drug user. Often used in combination: a dopehead.
b. An enthusiast. Often used in combination: a chilihead.
6. A person considered foolish or contemptible. Often used in combination: a chowderhead.
7. A portrait or representation of a person's head.
8. often heads (used with a sing. verb) The side of a coin having the principal design, often the profile of a political leader's head.
9. Informal A headache: had a bad head early this morning.
10.
a. An individual; a person: charged five dollars a head.
b. pl. head A single animal: 20 head of cattle.
11.
a. A person who leads, rules, or is in charge; a leader, chief, or director: the head of the corporation.
b. A headmaster or headmistress.
12. The foremost or leading position: marched at the head of the parade.
13. A headwaiter.
14.
a. The difference in depth of a liquid at two given points.
b. The measure of pressure at the lower point expressed in terms of this difference.
c. The pressure exerted by a liquid or gas: a head of steam.
d. The liquid or gas exerting the pressure.
15. The froth or foam that rises to the top in pouring an effervescent liquid, such as beer.
16. The tip of an abscess, boil, or pimple, in which pus forms.
17. A turning point; a crisis: bring matters to a head.
18.
a. A projection, weight, or fixture at the end of an elongated object: the head of a pin; a head of land overlooking the harbor.
b. The working end of a tool or implement: the head of a hammer.
c. The looped part at the end a lacrosse stick, to which the webbing is attached.
d. The part of an explosive device that carries the explosive; a warhead.
e. The part of a stringed instrument where the strings are wound; a tuning head.
f. A tuning machine.
19. Anatomy
a. The rounded proximal end of a long bone: the head of the femur.
b. The end of a muscle that is attached to the less movable part of the skeleton.
20.
a. An attachment to or part of a machine that holds or contains the operative device.
b. The magnetic head of a tape recorder or VCR.
c. The device in a magnetic disk or tape drive that enables it to read data from and write data to the disk or tape.
21. A rounded compact mass, as of leaves or buds: a head of cabbage.
22. Botany A flower head.
23. The uppermost part; the top: Place the appropriate name at the head of each column.
24. The end considered the most important: sat at the head of the table.
25. Either end of an object, such as a drum, whose two ends are interchangeable.
26. Nautical
a. The forward part of a vessel.
b. The top part or upper edge of a sail.
27. A toilet, especially on a ship.
28. A passage or gallery in a coal mine.
29. Printing
a. The top of a book or page.
b. A headline or heading.
c. A distinct topic or category: under the head of recent Spanish history.
30. Headway; progress.
31. Linguistics The word determining the grammatical category of a constituent, often establishing relations of concord or agreement (such as subject-verb agreement) with other constituents.
32. Vulgar Slang Oral sex.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Often used in combination: headshaking; headwrap.
2. Foremost in rank or importance: the head librarian.
3. Placed at the top or the front: the head name on the list.
4. Slang Of, relating to, or for drugs or drug users.
v. head·ed, head·ing, heads
v.tr.
1. To be in charge of; lead: The minister headed the committee.
2. To be in the first or foremost position of: Collins heads the list of job candidates.
3. To aim, point, or turn in a certain direction: headed the team of horses up the hill.
4. To remove the head or top of.
5. Sports To hit (a soccer ball) in the air with one's head.
6. To provide with a head: head each column with a number; headed the flagpole with a golden ball.
v.intr.
1. To proceed or go in a certain direction: head for town.
2. To form a head, as lettuce or cabbage.
3. To originate, as a stream or river; rise.
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