head

Definitions

1. 1suffix

   A variant of -hood.

2. 2noun

   The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

3. 3noun

   The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.

4. 4noun

   The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.

5. 5noun

   The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.

6. 6noun

   The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.

7. 7noun

   Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.

8. 8noun

   The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.

9. 9noun

   The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.

10. 10noun

    A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.

11. 11noun

    A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.

12. 12noun

    Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.

13. 13noun

    Power; armed force.

14. 14noun

    A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.

15. 15noun

    An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.

16. 16noun

    A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.

17. 17noun

    A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.

18. 18noun

    The antlers of a deer.

19. 19noun

    A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.

20. 20noun

    Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

21. 21adjective

    Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

22. 22transitive verb

    To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.

23. 23transitive verb

    To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.

24. 24transitive verb

    To behead; to decapitate.

25. 25transitive verb

    To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.

26. 26transitive verb

    To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.

27. 27transitive verb

    To set on the head; as, to head a cask.

28. 28intransitive verb

    To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.

29. 29intransitive verb

    To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?

30. 30intransitive verb

    To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.

31. 31noun

    oral stimulation of the genitals

    "they say he gives good head"

32. 32noun

    a single domestic animal

    "200 head of cattle"

33. 33noun

    a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

    Synonyms

    drumhead
34. 34noun

    a projection out from one end, "a pinhead is the head of a pin"

    "the head of the nail"

35. 35noun

    (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

36. 36noun

    the striking part of a tool

    "the head of the hammer"

37. 37noun

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

    "call heads or tails!"

38. 38noun

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

39. 39noun

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

40. 40noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    caput
41. 41noun

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

    "the head of the humerus"

42. 42noun

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

    "his mind wandered"

    "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

    Synonyms

    brainmindnouspsyche
43. 43noun

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

44. 44noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    headerheading
45. 45noun

    the subject matter at issue

    "the question of disease merits serious discussion"

    "under the head of minor Roman poets"

    Synonyms

    question
46. 46noun

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

    "the point of the arrow was due north"

    Synonyms

    point
47. 47noun

    forward movement

    "the ship made little headway against the gale"

    Synonyms

    headway
48. 48noun

    a difficult juncture

    "a pretty pass"

    "matters came to a head yesterday"

    Synonyms

    passstraits
49. 49noun

    the front of a military formation or procession

    "the head of the column advanced boldly"

    "they were at the head of the attack"

50. 50noun

    the source of water from which a stream arises

    "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

    Synonyms

    fountainheadheadspring
51. 51noun

    the part in the front or nearest the viewer

    "he was in the forefront"

    "he was at the head of the column"

    Synonyms

    forefront
52. 52noun

    the top of something

    "the head of the stairs"

    "the head of the page"

53. 53noun

    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"

54. 54noun

    a rounded compact mass

    "the head of a comet"

55. 55noun

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

    Synonyms

    forelandheadlandpromontory
56. 56noun

    a user of (usually soft) drugs

    "the office was full of secret heads"

57. 57noun

    a person who is in charge

    "the head of the whole operation"

    Synonyms

    chief
58. 58noun

    an individual person

    "tickets are $5 per head"

59. 59noun

    the educator who has executive authority for a school

    "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

    Synonyms

    principal
60. 60noun

    the pressure exerted by a fluid

    "a head of steam"

61. 61noun

    a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

    "a head of cauliflower"

    "a head of lettuce"

    Synonyms

    capitulum
62. 62noun

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

    "he is two heads taller than his little sister"

    "his horse won by a head"

63. 63noun

    the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

64. 64verb

    remove the head of

    "head the fish"

65. 65verb

    direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    Synonyms

    channelizedirectguidemaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvrepointsteer
66. 66verb

    to go or travel towards

    "where is she heading"

    "We were headed for the mountains"

67. 67verb

    travel in front of; go in advance of others

    "The procession was headed by John"

    Synonyms

    lead
68. 68verb

    be in charge of

    "Who is heading this project?"

    Synonyms

    lead
69. 69verb

    form a head or come or grow to a head

    "The wheat headed early this year"

70. 70verb

    be in the front of or on top of

    "The list was headed by the name of the president"

71. 71verb

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

    "This student heads the class"

72. 72verb

    take its rise

    "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"