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head

noun
  1. the front of a military formation or procession
    “the head of the column advanced boldly”
  2. the source of water from which a stream arises
    “We tracked them back toward the head of the stream.”
    fountainheadheadspring
  3. the part in the front or nearest the viewer
    forefront
  4. the top of something
    “the head of the stairs”
  5. 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”
  6. a rounded compact mass
    “the head of a comet”
  7. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
    forelandpromontoryheadland
  8. a user of usually soft drugs
    “The office was full of secret heads.”
  9. a person who is in charge
    “the head of the whole operation”
    chieftop dog
  10. an individual person
    “tickets are $5 per head”
  11. the educator who has executive authority for a school
    principalschool principalhead teacher
  12. the pressure exerted by a fluid
    “a head of steam”
  13. a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
    “a head of cauliflower”
    capitulum
  14. the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
    “I am two heads taller than my siblings.”
  15. the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
  16. oral stimulation of the genitals
    “They lamented their sexless lives and talked about their fantasies of receiving head.”
    oral sex
  17. a single domestic animal
    “200 head of cattle”
  18. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
    drumhead
  19. a projection out from one end
    “the head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin”
  20. (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
  21. the striking part of a tool
    “the head of the hammer”
  22. (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
    “call heads or tails!”
  23. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
    read/write head
  24. that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
  25. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals
    caput
  26. the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
    “the head of the humerus”
  27. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
    brainpsychenousmind
  28. (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
    head word
  29. 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”
    header
  30. the subject matter at issue
    question
  31. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
    point
  32. forward movement
    “the ship made little headway against the gale”
    headway
  33. a difficult juncture
    pass
verb
  1. remove the head of
    “head the fish”
  2. direct the course
    maneuver
  3. to go or travel towards
    “Where are we heading?”
  4. travel in front of
    lead
  5. be in charge of
    “Who is heading this project?”
    directlead
  6. form a head or come or grow to a head
    “The wheat headed early this year”
  7. be in the front of or on top of
    “The list was headed by the name of the president”
  8. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
    “This student heads the class”
    head up
  9. take its rise
    “These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas”