Meaning of 'head'

noun

the front of a military formation or procession

Example: "the head of the column advanced boldly"

noun

the source of water from which a stream arises

Example: "We tracked them back toward the head of the stream."

Synonyms: fountainhead headspring

noun

the part in the front or nearest the viewer

Synonyms: forefront

noun

the top of something

Example: "the head of the stairs"

noun

the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

Example: "the beer had a large head of foam"

noun

a rounded compact mass

Example: "the head of a comet"

noun

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

Synonyms: foreland promontory headland

noun

a user of usually soft drugs

Example: "The office was full of secret heads."

noun

a person who is in charge

Example: "the head of the whole operation"

Synonyms: chief top dog

noun

an individual person

Example: "tickets are $5 per head"

noun

the educator who has executive authority for a school

Synonyms: principal school principal head teacher

noun

the pressure exerted by a fluid

Example: "a head of steam"

noun

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

Example: "a head of cauliflower"

Synonyms: capitulum

noun

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

Example: "I am two heads taller than my siblings."

noun

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

verb

remove the head of

Example: "head the fish"

verb

direct the course

Synonyms: maneuver

verb

to go or travel towards

Example: "Where are we heading?"

verb

travel in front of

Synonyms: lead

verb

be in charge of

Example: "Who is heading this project?"

Synonyms: direct lead

verb

form a head or come or grow to a head

Example: "The wheat headed early this year"

verb

be in the front of or on top of

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

verb

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

Example: "This student heads the class"

Synonyms: head up

verb

take its rise

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

noun

oral stimulation of the genitals

Example: "They lamented their sexless lives and talked about their fantasies of receiving head."

Synonyms: oral sex

noun

a single domestic animal

Example: "200 head of cattle"

noun

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

Synonyms: drumhead

noun

a projection out from one end

Example: "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

Example: "the head of the hammer"

noun

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

Example: "call heads or tails!"

noun

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

Synonyms: read/write head

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

Synonyms: caput

noun

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

Example: "the head of the humerus"

noun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings

Synonyms: brain psyche nous mind

noun

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

Synonyms: head word

noun

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

Example: "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

Synonyms: header

noun

the subject matter at issue

Synonyms: question

noun

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

Synonyms: point

noun

forward movement

Example: "the ship made little headway against the gale"

Synonyms: headway

noun

a difficult juncture

Synonyms: pass