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