- nounhead (noun) · heads (plural noun)
- 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"Similar:intellectual capacitymental capacitypowers of reasoning
- (head for)an aptitude for or tolerance of:"she had a good head for business" · "he had no head for heights"
- informala headache, especially one resulting from intoxication.
- the height or length of a head as a measure:"he was beaten by a head"
- (heads)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 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.
- short for headline.
- 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.Opposite:
- 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.
- short for cylinder head.
- 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.
- short for printhead.
- 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"
- grammarthe word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used, having the same grammatical function as the whole phrase.
- geologya superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill.
- rarea group of pheasants:"it is easy to get up a head of pheasants with the aid of good keepers"
adjectivehead (adjective)verbhead (verb) · heads (third person present) · headed (past tense) · headed (past participle) · heading (present participle)- give a title or caption to:"an article headed ‘The Protection of Human Life’"
- (be headed)move in a specified direction:"he was heading for the exit" · "head towards the town centre until the road takes a sharp right" · "we were headed in the wrong direction" · "I turned and headed home"Similar:move towardsgo towardsaim formake one's way towardsgo in the direction ofdirect one's steps towardsbe bound forsteer forset out in the direction ofset out forstart out forOpposite:move away from
- proceed towards a particular state of affairs, consequence, or outcome, especially one that is undesirable:"the economy is heading for recession" · "traders all over the world are wondering just where stock markets are heading" · "I fear we're headed for disaster" · "the nation is headed towards a complete collapse"Similar:move towardsgo towardsaim formake one's way towardsgo in the direction ofdirect one's steps towardsbe bound forsteer forset out in the direction ofset out forstart out forOpposite:move away from
- direct or steer in a specified direction:"she headed the car towards them"
- 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.
OriginOld English hēafod, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoofd and German Haupt.suffix- denoting the front, forward, or upper part or end of a specified thing:"spearhead" · "masthead"
- forming informal nouns expressing disparagement of a person:"airhead" · "dumbhead"
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- the part of the body above the neck where the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and brain are: Put this hat on to keep your head warm. He banged his head on the car as he was getting in.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/head
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WEBhead. noun. /hɛd/. part of body. enlarge image. [countable] the part of the body on top of the neck containing the eyes, nose, mouth, and brain She nodded her head in agreement. He shook his head in disbelief. The …
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