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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"
mind head brain psyche nous
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
"a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
capitulum 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"
head caput
- a person who is in charge
"the head of the whole operation"
head chief top dog
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
drumhead head
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
"he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
forefront head
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
promontory headland head foreland
- the source of water from which a stream arises
"they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
fountainhead headspring head
- oral stimulation of the genitals
"they say he gives good head"
oral sex head
- a single domestic animal
"200 head of cattle"
head
- a projection out from one end
"the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
head
- the striking part of a tool
"the head of the hammer"
head
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
"call heads or tails!"
head
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
read/write head head
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
"the head of the humerus"
head
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
head
- 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"
heading header head
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
"the point of the arrow was due north"
point head
- the subject matter at issue
"the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
question head
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
head head word
- forward movement
"the ship made little headway against the gale"
headway head
- a difficult juncture
"a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
pass head straits
- the front of a military formation or procession
"the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"
head
- the top of something
"the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
head
- 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"
head
- a rounded compact mass
"the head of a comet"
head
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
"she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
principal school principal head teacher head
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
"the office was full of secret heads"
head
- an individual person
"tickets are $5 per head"
head
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
"a head of steam"
head
- 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"
head
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
head
verb- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
steer maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre direct point head guide channelize channelise
- remove the head of
"head the fish"
head
- to go or travel towards
"where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"
head
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
"The procession was headed by John"
lead head
- be in charge of
"Who is heading this project?"
head lead
- be in the front of or on top of
"The list was headed by the name of the president"
head
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
"This student heads the class"
head head up
- form a head or come or grow to a head
"The wheat headed early this year"
head
- take its rise
"These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
head
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University