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Quick definitions from WordNet (head)
▸ noun: a single domestic animal ("200 head of cattle")
▸ noun: a projection out from one end ("The head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin")
▸ noun: (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
▸ noun: the striking part of a tool ("The head of the hammer")
▸ noun: (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head ("Call heads or tails!")
▸ noun: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
▸ noun: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains ("He stuck his head out the window")
▸ noun: the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint ("The head of the humerus")
▸ noun: (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
▸ noun: the front of a military formation or procession ("The head of the column advanced boldly")
▸ noun: the top of something ("The head of the stairs")
▸ noun: the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container ("The beer had a large head of foam")
▸ noun: a rounded compact mass ("The head of a comet")
▸ noun: a user of (usually soft) drugs ("The office was full of secret heads")
▸ noun: a person who is in charge ("The head of the whole operation")
▸ noun: an individual person ("Tickets are $5 per head")
▸ noun: the pressure exerted by a fluid ("A head of steam")
▸ noun: the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head ("He is two heads taller than his little sister")
▸ noun: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
▸ noun: oral-genital stimulation ("They say he gives good head")
▸ noun: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
▸ noun: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
▸ noun: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason ("I couldn't get his words out of my head")
▸ noun: the subject matter at issue ("Under the head of minor Roman poets")
▸ noun: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
▸ noun: forward movement ("The ship made little headway against the gale")
▸ noun: a difficult juncture ("Matters came to a head yesterday")
▸ noun: the part in the front or nearest the viewer ("He was at the head of the column")
▸ noun: a dense clusters of flowers or foliage ("A head of cauliflower")
▸ noun: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about ("The heading seemed to have little to do with the text")
▸ noun: the source of water from which a stream arises ("They tracked him back toward the head of the stream")
▸ noun: the educator who has executive authority for a school
▸ verb: be in charge of ("Who is heading this project?")
▸ verb: form a head or come or grow to a head ("The wheat headed early this year")
▸ verb: be in the front of or on top of ("The list was headed by the name of the president")
▸ verb: be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel ("This student heads the class")
▸ verb: take its rise ("These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas")
▸ verb: remove the head of ("Head the fish")
▸ verb: to go or travel towards ("Where is she heading")
▸ verb: travel in front of; go in advance of others ("The procession was headed by John")
▸ verb: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 8333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #962)
▸ Also see heads
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to head
▸ Usage examples for head
▸ Idioms related to head (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing head
▸ Words that often appear near head
▸ Rhymes of head
▸ Invented words related to head
▸ noun: a single domestic animal ("200 head of cattle")
▸ noun: a projection out from one end ("The head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin")
▸ noun: (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
▸ noun: the striking part of a tool ("The head of the hammer")
▸ noun: (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head ("Call heads or tails!")
▸ noun: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
▸ noun: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains ("He stuck his head out the window")
▸ noun: the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint ("The head of the humerus")
▸ noun: (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
▸ noun: the front of a military formation or procession ("The head of the column advanced boldly")
▸ noun: the top of something ("The head of the stairs")
▸ noun: the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container ("The beer had a large head of foam")
▸ noun: a rounded compact mass ("The head of a comet")
▸ noun: a user of (usually soft) drugs ("The office was full of secret heads")
▸ noun: a person who is in charge ("The head of the whole operation")
▸ noun: an individual person ("Tickets are $5 per head")
▸ noun: the pressure exerted by a fluid ("A head of steam")
▸ noun: the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head ("He is two heads taller than his little sister")
▸ noun: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
▸ noun: oral-genital stimulation ("They say he gives good head")
▸ noun: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
▸ noun: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
▸ noun: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason ("I couldn't get his words out of my head")
▸ noun: the subject matter at issue ("Under the head of minor Roman poets")
▸ noun: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
▸ noun: forward movement ("The ship made little headway against the gale")
▸ noun: a difficult juncture ("Matters came to a head yesterday")
▸ noun: the part in the front or nearest the viewer ("He was at the head of the column")
▸ noun: a dense clusters of flowers or foliage ("A head of cauliflower")
▸ noun: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about ("The heading seemed to have little to do with the text")
▸ noun: the source of water from which a stream arises ("They tracked him back toward the head of the stream")
▸ noun: the educator who has executive authority for a school
▸ verb: be in charge of ("Who is heading this project?")
▸ verb: form a head or come or grow to a head ("The wheat headed early this year")
▸ verb: be in the front of or on top of ("The list was headed by the name of the president")
▸ verb: be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel ("This student heads the class")
▸ verb: take its rise ("These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas")
▸ verb: remove the head of ("Head the fish")
▸ verb: to go or travel towards ("Where is she heading")
▸ verb: travel in front of; go in advance of others ("The procession was headed by John")
▸ verb: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 8333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #962)
▸ Also see heads
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to head
▸ Usage examples for head
▸ Idioms related to head (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing head
▸ Words that often appear near head
▸ Rhymes of head
▸ Invented words related to head