What is the meaning of the word "head"?
Definitions:
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(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
noun
- call heads or tails!
- call heads or tails!
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a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
noun
- a head of cauliflower
- a head of cauliflower
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a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
noun
- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
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a person who is in charge
noun
- the head of the whole operation
- the head of the whole operation
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a projection out from one end
noun
- the head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin
- the head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin
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a rounded compact mass
noun
- the head of a comet
- the head of a comet
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a single domestic animal
noun
- 200 head of cattle
- 200 head of cattle
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a user of usually soft drugs
noun
- The office was full of secret heads.
- The office was full of secret heads.
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an individual person
noun
- tickets are $5 per head
- tickets are $5 per head
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be in charge of
verb
- Who is heading this project?
- Who is heading this project?
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be in the front of or on top of
verb
- The list was headed by the name of the president
- The list was headed by the name of the president
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be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
verb
- This student heads the class
- This student heads the class
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form a head or come or grow to a head
verb
- The wheat headed early this year
- The wheat headed early this year
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forward movement
noun
- the ship made little headway against the gale
- the ship made little headway against the gale
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oral stimulation of the genitals
noun
- They lamented their sexless lives and talked about their fantasies of receiving head.
- They lamented their sexless lives and talked about their fantasies of receiving head.
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remove the head of
verb
- head the fish
- head the fish
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take its rise
verb
- These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
- These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
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the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
noun
- the beer had a large head of foam
- the beer had a large head of foam
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the front of a military formation or procession
noun
- the head of the column advanced boldly
- the head of the column advanced boldly
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the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
noun
- I am two heads taller than my siblings.
- I am two heads taller than my siblings.
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the pressure exerted by a fluid
noun
- a head of steam
- a head of steam
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the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
noun
- the head of the humerus
- the head of the humerus
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the source of water from which a stream arises
noun
- We tracked them back toward the head of the stream.
- We tracked them back toward the head of the stream.
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the striking part of a tool
noun
- the head of the hammer
- the head of the hammer
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the top of something
noun
- the head of the stairs
- the head of the stairs
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to go or travel towards
verb
- Where are we heading?
- Where are we heading?
Synonyms:
- brain
- capitulum
- caput
- chief
- direct
- drumhead
- forefront
- foreland
- fountainhead
- head teacher
- head up
- head word
- header
- headland
- headspring
- headway
- lead
- maneuver
- mind
- nous
- oral sex
- pass
- point
- principal
- promontory
- psyche
- question
- read/write head
- school principal
- top dog
NearBy Words:
- head-in-the-clouds
- head-on
- head-shrinker
- head-to-head
- headache
- headband
- headboard
- headbutt
- headcheese
- headcount
- headcounter
- headdress
- headed
- header
- headfast
- headfirst
- headfish
- headful
- headgear
- headhunter
- heading
- headlamp
- headland
- headless
- headlight
- headlike
- headline
- headliner
- headlinese
- headlock
- headlong
- headman
- headmaster
- headmastership
- headmistress
- headmistressship
- headphone
- headpiece
- headpin
- headquarter
- headquarters
- headrace
- headrest
- headroom
- heads-up
- headsail
- headscarf
- headset
- headshake
- headshaking
- headship
- headshot
- headsman
- headspace
- headspring
- headstall
- headstand
- headstock
- headstone
- headstream
- headstrong
- headwaiter
- headwater
- headway
- headwind
- headword
- heady