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Head
hɛd
- the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs
- the head regarded as the location of intellect, imagination, and memory
"whatever comes into my head"
- an aptitude for or tolerance of
"she had a good head for business"
- a headache, especially one resulting from intoxication
- the height or length of a head as a measure
"he was beaten by a head"
- the side of a coin bearing the image of a head (used when tossing a coin to determine a winner)
"heads or tails?"
- the antlers of a deer
"stags yearly cast their heads in March"
- a thing resembling a head either in form or in relation to a whole
- the cutting, striking, or operational end of a tool, weapon, or mechanism
- the flattened or knobbed end of a nail, pin, screw, or match
- the ornamented top of a pillar or column
- a compact mass of leaves or flowers at the top of a stem, especially a capitulum
"huge heads of fluffy cream flowers"
- the edible leafy part at the top of the stem of such green vegetables as cabbage and lettuce
- the front, forward, or upper part or end of something
- the upper end of a table or bed
"he sat down at the head of the cot"
- the upper horizontal part of a window frame or door frame
- the flat end of a cask or drum
- the front of a queue or procession
"at the head of the queue"
- the top of a page
- the top of a flight of stairs or steps
- the foam on top of a glass of beer, or the cream on the top of milk
- the source of a river or stream
- the end of a lake or inlet at which a river enters
- a promontory
"Beachy Head"
- the top of a ship's mast
- the bows of a ship
- a person in charge of something; a director or leader
"the head of the Dutch Catholic Church"
- a person considered as a numerical unit
"they paid fifty pounds a head"
- a number of cattle or game as specified
"seventy head of dairy cattle"
- a component in an audio, video, or information system by which information is transferred from an electrical signal to the recording medium, or vice versa
- the part of a record player that holds the playing cartridge and stylus
- a body of water kept at a particular height in order to provide a supply at sufficient pressure
"an 8 m head of water in the shafts"
- the pressure exerted by a head of water or by a confined body of steam
"a good head of steam on the gauge"
- a toilet on a ship or boat
"they were cleaning out the heads"
- the word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used, having the same grammatical function as the whole phrase
- a superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill
- a group of pheasants
"it is easy to get up a head of pheasants with the aid of good keepers"
- chief; principal
"the head waiter"
- be in the leading position on
"the St George's Day procession was headed by the mayor"
- be in charge of
"Young heads a team of internationally recognized experts in bone disease and drug development"
- give a title or caption to
"an article headed ‘The Protection of Human Life’"
- move in a specified direction
"he was heading for the exit"
move towards go towards make for aim for make one's way towards go in the direction of direct one's steps towards be bound for steer for make a beeline for- proceed towards a particular state of affairs, consequence, or outcome, especially one that is undesirable
"the economy is heading for recession"
- direct or steer in a specified direction
"she headed the car towards them"
- shoot or pass (the ball) with the head
"a corner kick that Moody headed into the net"
- lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree)
"the willow is headed every three or four years"
- (of a lettuce or cabbage) form a head