Head ¹

Definition: 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.

Head ²

Definition: 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.

Head ³

Definition: 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.

Head ⁴

Definition: 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.

Head ⁵

Definition: 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.

Head ⁶

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

Head ⁷

Definition: 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.

Head ⁸

Definition: 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.

Head ⁹

Definition: A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.

Head ¹⁰

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

Head ¹¹

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

Head ¹²

Definition: Power; armed force.

Head ¹³

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

Head ¹⁴

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

Head ¹⁵

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

Head ¹⁶

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

Head ¹⁷

Definition: The antlers of a deer.

Head ¹⁸

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

Head ¹⁹

Definition: Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Head ²⁰

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

Head ²¹

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

Head ²²

Definition: To behead; to decapitate.

Head ²³

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

Head ²⁴

Definition: 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.

Head ²⁵

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

Head ²⁶

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

Head ²⁷

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

Head ²⁸

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

head ²⁹

Definition: oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head"

head ³⁰

Definition: a single domestic animal; head of cattle"

head ³¹

Definition: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

head ³²

Definition: a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"

head ³³

Definition: (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

head ³⁴

Definition: the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"

head ³⁵

Definition: (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person''s head; "call heads or tails!"

head ³⁶

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

head ³⁷

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

head ³⁸

Definition: 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"

head ³⁹

Definition: the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"

head ⁴⁰

Definition: 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"

head ⁴¹

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

head ⁴²

Definition: 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"

head ⁴³

Definition: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"

head ⁴⁴

Definition: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"

head ⁴⁵

Definition: forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"

head ⁴⁶

Definition: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"

head ⁴⁷

Definition: the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"

head ⁴⁸

Definition: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

head ⁴⁹

Definition: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"

head ⁵⁰

Definition: the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"

head ⁵¹

Definition: 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"

head ⁵²

Definition: a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"

head ⁵³

Definition: a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads"

head ⁵⁴

Definition: a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"

head ⁵⁵

Definition: an individual person; "tickets are per head"

head ⁵⁶

Definition: the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

head ⁵⁷

Definition: the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"

head ⁵⁸

Definition: a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"

head ⁵⁹

Definition: 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"

head ⁶⁰

Definition: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

head ⁶¹

Definition: remove the head of; "head the fish"

head ⁶²

Definition: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

head ⁶³

Definition: to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"

head ⁶⁴

Definition: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"

head ⁶⁵

Definition: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"

head ⁶⁶

Definition: form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year"

head ⁶⁷

Definition: be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president"

head ⁶⁸

Definition: be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"

head ⁶⁹

Definition: take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"