head

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”

a single domestic animal

• “200 head of cattle”

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

• “his mind wandered”
• “I couldn”

a person who is in charge

• “the head of the whole operation”

the front of a military formation or procession

• “the head of the column advanced boldly”
• “they were at the head of the attack”

the pressure exerted by a fluid

• “a head of steam”

the top of something

• “the head of the stairs”
• “the head of the page”
• “the head of the list”

the source of water from which a stream arises

• “they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”

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

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

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”

a dense clusters of flowers or foliage

• “a head of cauliflower”
• “a head of lettuce”

the educator who has executive authority for a school

• “she sent unruly pupils to see the principal”

an individual person

• “tickets are $5 per head”

a user of (usually soft) drugs

• “the office was full of secret heads”

a rounded compact mass

• “the head of a comet”

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”

the part in the front or nearest the viewer

• “he was in the forefront”
• “he was at the head of the column”

a difficult juncture

• “a pretty pass”
• “matters came to a head yesterday”

forward movement

• “the ship made little headway against the gale”

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

• “the point of the arrow was due north”

the subject matter at issue

• “the question of disease merits serious discussion”
• “under the head of minor Roman poets”

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”

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

• “the head of the humerus”

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

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

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

• “call heads or tails!”

the striking part of a tool

• “the head of the hammer”

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

a projection out from one end

• “the head of the nail”
• “a pinhead is the head of a pin”

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

oral-genital stimulation

• “they say he gives good head”

to go or travel towards

• “where is she heading”
• “We were headed for the mountains”

be in charge of

• “Who is heading this project?”

travel in front of; go in advance of others

• “The procession was headed by John”

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

• “This student heads the class”

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

take its rise

• “These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas”

be in the front of or on top of

• “The list was headed by the name of the president”

form a head or come or grow to a head

• “The wheat headed early this year”

remove the head of

• “head the fish”