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noun

the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

the corresponding part of the body in other animals.

the head considered as the center of the intellect, as of thought, memory, understanding, or emotional control; mind; brain: She has a good head for mathematics.Keep a cool head in an emergency.

the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor.

a person to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department; leader or chief.

a person considered with reference to his or her mind, disposition, attributes, status, etc.: wise heads; crowned heads.

that part of anything that forms or is regarded as forming the top, summit, or upper end: head of a pin; head of a page.

the foremost part or front end of anything or a forward projecting part: head of a procession.

the part of a weapon, tool, etc., used for striking: the head of a hammer.

a person or animal considered merely as one of a number, herd, or group: ten head of cattle; a dinner at $20 a head.

a culminating point, usually of a critical nature; crisis or climax: to bring matters to a head.

the hair covering the head: to wash one's head.

froth or foam at the top of a liquid: the head on beer.

Botany.

1. any dense flower cluster or inflorescence.
2. any other compact part of a plant, usually at the top of the stem, as that composed of leaves in the cabbage or lettuce, of leafstalks in the celery, or of flower buds in the cauliflower.

the maturated part of an abscess, boil, etc.

a projecting point of a coast, especially when high, as a cape, headland, or promontory.

the obverse of a coin, as bearing a head or other principal figure (opposed to tail).

one of the chief parts or points of a written or oral discourse; a main division of a subject, theme, or topic.

something resembling a head in form or a representation of a head, as a piece of sculpture.

the source of a river or stream.

Slang.

1. a habitual user of a drug, especially LSD or marijuana (often used in combination): the feds versus the heads; an acid-head; a meth head; a pothead.
2. a fan or devotee (usually used in combination): a punk-rock head.

heads, Distilling. alcohol produced during the initial fermentation.Compare tail1 (def. 6d).

a toilet or lavatory, especially on a boat or ship.

Nautical.

1. the forepart of a vessel; bow.
2. the upper edge of a quadrilateral sail.
3. the upper corner of a jib-headed sail.
4. that part of the upper end of one spar of a mast that is overlapped by a spar above; a doubling at the upper end of a spar.
5. that part of the upper end of a mast between the highest standing rigging and the truck.
6. crown (def. 29).

Grammar.

1. the member of an endocentric construction that belongs to the same form class and may play the same grammatical role as the construction itself.
2. the member upon which another depends and to which it is subordinate. In former presidents, presidents is head and former is modifier.

the stretched membrane covering the end of a drum or similar musical instrument.

Mining. a level or road driven into solid coal for proving or working a mine.

Machinery. any of various devices on machine tools for holding, moving, indexing, or changing tools or work, as the headstock or turret of a lathe.

(loosely) the pressure exerted by confined fluid: a head of steam.

Also called pressure head .Hydraulics.

1. the vertical distance between two points in a liquid, as water, or some other fluid
2. the pressure differential resulting from this separation, expressed in terms of the vertical distance between the points.
3. the pressure of a fluid expressed in terms of the height of a column of liquid yielding an equivalent pressure.

Photography.

1. a mounting for a camera, as on a tripod.
2. the part of an enlarger that contains the light source, negative carrier, lensboard, and lens.

Slang: Vulgar. fellatio or cunnilingus.

Archaic. power, strength, or force progressively gathered or gradually attained.

heads up! Informal. be careful! watch out for danger!

adjective

first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.

of, relating to, or for the head (often used in combination): head covering; headgear; headpiece.

situated at the top, front, or head of anything (often used in combination): headline; headboard.

moving or coming from a direction in front of the head or prow of a vessel: head sea; head tide; head current.

Slang. of or relating to drugs, drug paraphernalia, or drug users.

verb (used with object)

to go at the head of or in front of; lead; precede: to head a list.

to outdo or excel; take the lead in or over: to head a race; to head one's competitors in a field.

to be the head or chief of (sometimes followed by up): to head a school; to head up a department.

to direct the course of; turn the head or front of in a specified direction: I'll head the boat for the shore. Head me in the right direction and I'll walk to the store.

to go around the head of (a stream).

to furnish or fit with a head.

to take the head off; decapitate; behead.

to remove the upper branches of (a tree).

Fox Hunting. to turn aside (a fox) from its intended course.

to get in front of in order to stop, turn aside, attack, etc.

Soccer. to propel (the ball) by striking it with the head, especially with the forehead.

verb (used without object)

to move forward toward a point specified; direct one's course; go in a certain direction: to head toward town.

to come or grow to a head; form a head: Cabbage heads quickly.

(of a river or stream) to have the head or source where specified.

Verb Phrases

head off,to go before in order to hinder the progress of; intercept: The police headed off the fleeing driver at a railroad crossing.

Origin of head

First recorded before 900; Middle English he(v)ed, Old English hēafod; cognate with Old High German houbit, Gothic haubith; akin to Old English hafud- (in hafudland “headland”), Old Norse hǫfuth, Latin caput (see capital1)

OTHER WORDS FROM head

head·like, adjectivemul·ti·head, noun

noun

Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.

Words related to head

brain, skull, chief, commander, director, executive, manager, officer, superintendent, mind, command, control, direct, guide, lead, run, arch, champion, first, front

How to use head in a sentence

• And, of course, before you head out, remember to wear protective gear and review safety guidelines.

• Bosworth acknowledges the privacy concerns and says he wants to address them head-on.

• It started in March, after a video that appeared to show a train loaded with military vehicles headed toward the Chicago area went viral.

• Joe Grogan, former head of the Domestic Policy Council, said that the analyses now, more than half a year later, are “all ex post facto about where this was going to go.”

• Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed’s vaccine development arm, has said there is a “very, very low chance” of a vaccine being approved by election day, and that he will resign if he feels pressure to approve an unsafe vaccine.

• The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.

• The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.

• He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.

• I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head.

• “I usually see people head to the stationary bikes,” Steinbrick says.

• Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.

• Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.

• Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.

• She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.

• A fancy came into my head that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.

noun

the upper or front part of the body in vertebrates, including man, that contains and protects the brain, eyes, mouth, and nose and ears when presentRelated adjective: cephalic

the corresponding part of an invertebrate animal

something resembling a head in form or function, such as the top of a tool

1. the person commanding most authority within a group, organization, etc
2. (as modifier)head buyer
3. (in combination)headmaster

the position of leadership or commandat the head of his class

1. the most forward part of a thing; a part that juts out; frontthe head of a queue
2. (as modifier)head point

the highest part of a thing; upper endthe head of the pass

the froth on the top of a glass of beer

aptitude, intelligence, and emotions (esp in the phrases above or over one's head, have a head for, keep one's head, lose one's head, etc)she has a good head for figures; a wise old head

plural heada person or animal considered as a unitthe show was two pounds per head; six hundred head of cattle

the head considered as a measure of length or heighthe's a head taller than his mother

botany

1. a dense inflorescence such as that of the daisy and other composite plants
2. any other compact terminal part of a plant, such as the leaves of a cabbage or lettuce

a culmination or crisis (esp in the phrase bring or come to a head)

the pus-filled tip or central part of a pimple, boil, etc

the head considered as the part of the body on which hair grows denselya fine head of hair

the source or origin of a river or stream

(capital when part of name)a headland or promontory, esp a high one

the obverse of a coin, usually bearing a portrait of the head or a full figure of a monarch, deity, etcCompare tail 1

a main point or division of an argument, discourse, etc

(often plural)the headline at the top of a newspaper article or the heading of a section within an article

nautical

1. the front part of a ship or boat
2. (in sailing ships) the upper corner or edge of a sail
3. the top of any spar or derrick
4. any vertical timber cut to shape
5. (often plural) a slang word for lavatory

the taut membrane of a drum, tambourine, etc

1. the height of the surface of liquid above a specific point, esp when considered or used as a measure of the pressure at that pointa head of four feet
2. pressure of water, caused by height or velocity, measured in terms of a vertical column of water
3. any pressurea head of steam in the boiler

slang

1. a person who regularly takes drugs, esp LSD or cannabis
2. (in combination)an acidhead; a pothead

mininga road driven into the coal face

1. the terminal point of a route
2. (in combination)railhead

a device on a turning or boring machine, such as a lathe, that is equipped with one or more cutting tools held to the work by this device

an electromagnet that can read, write, or erase information on a magnetic medium such as a magnetic tape, disk, or drum, used in computers, tape recorders, etc

1. the head of a horse considered as a narrow margin in the outcome of a race (in the phrase win by a head)
2. any narrow margin of victory (in the phrase (win) by a head)

curlingthe stones lying in the house after all 16 have been played

bowlsthe jack and the bowls that have been played considered together as a target area

against the head rugbyfrom the opposing side's put-in to the scrum

bite someone's head off or snap someone's head offto speak sharply and angrily to someone

(bring or come to a head)

1. to bring or be brought to a crisismatters came to a head
2. (of a boil) to cause to be or be about to burst

get it into one's headto come to believe (an idea, esp a whimsical one)he got it into his head that the earth was flat

give head slangto perform fellatio

give someone his headto allow a person greater freedom or responsibility

give a horse its headto allow a horse to gallop by lengthening the reins

go to one's head

1. to make one dizzy or confused, as might an alcoholic drink
2. to make one conceitedhis success has gone to his head

head and shoulders abovegreatly superior to

head over heels

1. turning a complete somersault
2. completely; utterly (esp in the phrase head over heels in love)

hold up one's headto be unashamed

keep one's headto remain calm

keep one's head above waterto manage to survive a difficult experience

make headto make progress

make head or tail of (used with a negative)to attempt to understand (a problem, etc)he couldn't make head or tail of the case

off one's head or out of one's head slanginsane or delirious

off the top of one's headwithout previous thought; impromptu

on one's head or on one's own headat one's (own) risk or responsibility

one's head off slangloudly or excessivelythe baby cried its head off

over someone's head

1. without a person in the obvious position being considered, esp for promotionthe graduate was promoted over the heads of several of his seniors
2. without consulting a person in the obvious position but referring to a higher authorityin making his complaint he went straight to the director, over the head of his immediate boss
3. beyond a person's comprehension

put their heads together informalto consult together

take it into one's headto conceive a notion, desire, or wish (to do something)

turn headsto be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention

turn something on its head or stand something on its headto treat or present something in a completely new and different wayhealth care which has turned orthodox medicine on its head

turn someone's headto make someone vain, conceited, etc

verb

(tr)to be at the front or top ofto head the field

(tr often foll by up) to be in the commanding or most important position

(often foll by for)to go or cause to go (towards)where are you heading?

to turn or steer (a vessel) as specifiedto head into the wind

soccerto propel (the ball) by striking it with the head

(tr)to provide with or be a head or headingto head a letter; the quotation which heads chapter 6

(tr)to cut the top branches or shoots off (a tree or plant)

(intr)to form a head, as a boil or plant

(intr often foll by in) (of streams, rivers, etc) to originate or rise in

head them Australianto toss the coins in a game of two-up

Derived forms of head

headlike, adjective

Word Origin for head

Old English hēafod; related to Old Norse haufuth, Old Frisian hāved, Old Saxon hōbid, Old High German houbit

noun

Edith. 1907–81, US dress designer: won many Oscars for her Hollywood film costume designs

combining form

indicating a person having a preoccupation as specifiedbreadhead

n.

The uppermost or forwardmost part of the human body, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.

The analogous part of various vertebrate and invertebrate animals.

The pus-containing tip of an abscess, boil, or pimple.

The rounded proximal end of a long bone.

The end of a muscle that is attached to the less movable part of the skeleton.