[noun] 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" Synonyms:caput
[noun] a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"
[noun] 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" Synonyms:mind, brain, psyche, nous
[noun] a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation" Synonyms:chief, top dog
[noun] the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"
[noun] the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"
[noun] the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
[noun] the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" Synonyms:fountainspring
[noun] (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent Synonyms:word
[noun] the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
[noun] 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"
[noun] a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" Synonyms:capitulum
[noun] the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" Synonyms:principal, school principal, teacher
[noun] an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"
[noun] a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads"
[noun] a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"
[noun] 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"
[noun] the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" Synonyms:forefront
[noun] a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" Synonyms:pass, straits
[noun] forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale" Synonyms:way
[noun] a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" Synonyms:point
[noun] the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" Synonyms:question
[noun] 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" Synonyms:ing, er
[noun] the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"
[noun] that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
[noun] (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk Synonyms:read/write
[noun] (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!"
[noun] the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"
[noun] (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
[noun] a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
[noun] a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum Synonyms:drum
[noun] oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head" Synonyms:oral sex
[verb] to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"
[verb] be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" Synonyms:lead
[verb] travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John" Synonyms:lead
[verb] be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class" Synonyms:up