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Head

English

  1. 🔊 a single domestic animal
    “200 head of cattle”
  2. 🔊 a projection out from one end
    “the head of the nail”
  3. 🔊 (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
  4. 🔊 the striking part of a tool
    “the head of the hammer”
  5. 🔊 (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
    “call heads or tails!”
  6. 🔊 that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
  7. 🔊 the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals
    “he stuck his head out the window”
  8. 🔊 the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
    “the head of the humerus”
  9. 🔊 (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
  10. 🔊 the front of a military formation or procession
    “the head of the column advanced boldly”
  11. 🔊 the top of something
    “the head of the stairs”
  12. 🔊 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”
  13. 🔊 a rounded compact mass
    “the head of a comet”
  14. 🔊 a user of (usually soft) drugs
    “the office was full of secret heads”
  15. 🔊 a person who is in charge
    “the head of the whole operation”
  16. 🔊 an individual person
    “tickets are $5 per head”
  17. 🔊 the pressure exerted by a fluid
    “a head of steam”
  18. 🔊 the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
    “he is two heads taller than his little sister”
  19. 🔊 the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
  20. 🔊 oral stimulation of the genitals
    “they say he gives good head”
  21. 🔊 a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
  22. 🔊 (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
  23. 🔊 that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions
    “his mind wandered”
  24. 🔊 the subject matter at issue
    “the question of disease merits serious discussion”
  25. 🔊 a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
    “the point of the arrow was due north”
  26. 🔊 forward movement
    “the ship made little headway against the gale”
  27. 🔊 a difficult juncture
    “a pretty pass”
  28. 🔊 the part in the front or nearest the viewer
    “he was in the forefront”
  29. 🔊 a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
    “a head of cauliflower”
  30. 🔊 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”
  31. 🔊 the source of water from which a stream arises
    “they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”
  32. 🔊 a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
  33. 🔊 the educator who has executive authority for a school
    “she sent unruly pupils to see the principal”
  34. 🔊 remove the head of
    “head the fish”
  35. 🔊 to go or travel towards
    “where is she heading”
  36. 🔊 be in charge of
    “Who is heading this project?”
  37. 🔊 form a head or come or grow to a head
    “The wheat headed early this year”
  38. 🔊 be in the front of or on top of
    “The list was headed by the name of the president”
  39. 🔊 be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
    “This student heads the class”
  40. 🔊 take its rise
    “These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cabeza head
  2. 🔊 chocoya head
  3. 🔊 cholla head
  4. 🔊 chonta head
  5. 🔊 jupa head
  6. 🔊 jícara head
  7. 🔊 testa head
  8. 🔊 tetunte head
  9. 🔊 zabeca head
  10. 🔊 sieso head, brain
  11. 🔊 adeliñar to head, to set out.

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