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head

/ head /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
"This student heads the class"
Type of:
be
Derived:
forefront chief top dog
Verb group:
lead
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
take its rise
"These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
Type of:
originate arise rise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 3
the top of something
"the head of the stairs"
"the head of the page"
"the head of the list"
Opposites:
foot
Type of:
top
noun Sense 4
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"
Type of:
foam froth
noun Sense 5
a rounded compact mass
"the head of a comet"
Type of:
object physical object
noun Sense 6
a user of (usually soft) drugs
"the office was full of secret heads"
Type of:
drug user substance abuser user
Kinds of:
acid head hash head pill head pothead
Domain:
colloquialism
noun Sense 7
an individual person
"tickets are $5 per head"
Type of:
individual
noun Sense 8
the pressure exerted by a fluid
"a head of steam"
Type of:
pressure pressure level force per unit area
noun Sense 9
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"
Type of:
linear unit
noun Sense 10
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
Type of:
point tip peak
Has parts:
abscess
verb Sense 11
remove the head of
"head the fish"
Type of:
remove take take away
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 12
to go or travel towards
"where is she heading"
"We were headed for the mountains"
Type of:
proceed go forward continue
Kinds of:
take make
Derived:
forefront headway bearing heading aim
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 13
be in charge of
"Who is heading this project?"
Type of:
direct
Kinds of:
chair chairman captain spearhead take hold
Derived:
lead leader chief top dog
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 14
form a head or come or grow to a head
"The wheat headed early this year"
Type of:
form take form take shape
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 15
be in the front of or on top of
"The list was headed by the name of the president"
Type of:
lie
Kinds of:
surmount crown
Derived:
forefront heading header
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 16
the front of a military formation or procession
"the head of the column advanced boldly"
"they were at the head of the attack"
Opposites:
rear
Type of:
formation
Derived:
head up lead steer maneuver manoeuver
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
noun Sense 17
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
Type of:
structure anatomical structure complex body part
Has parts:
skeletal muscle striated muscle
noun Sense 18
(usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person''s head
"call heads or tails!"
Opposites:
tail
Type of:
obverse
Has parts:
coin
Domain:
plural plural form
noun Sense 19
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"
Type of:
external body part
Kinds of:
human head
Has parts:
body organic structure physical structure
noun Sense 20
the striking part of a tool
"the head of the hammer"
Type of:
striker
Kinds of:
golf-club head club head club-head clubhead hammerhead
Has parts:
hammer ram
noun Sense 21
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
Type of:
toilet lavatory lav
noun Sense 22
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Type of:
word
Domain:
grammar
noun Sense 23
a projection out from one end
"the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
Type of:
projection
Kinds of:
pinhead
Has parts:
nail screw pin
noun Sense 24
a single domestic animal
"200 head of cattle"
Type of:
domestic animal
noun Sense 25
a person who is in charge
"the head of the whole operation"
Type of:
leader
Kinds of:
administrator executive decision maker capo department head
Derived:
head up lead
noun Sense 26
the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
"the head of the humerus"
Type of:
structure anatomical structure complex body part
noun Sense 27
the part in the front or nearest the viewer
"he was in the forefront"
"he was at the head of the column"
Type of:
front front end forepart
Derived:
steer maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre direct
noun Sense 28
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
Type of:
membrane
Has parts:
drum membranophone tympan
noun Sense 29
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
Type of:
coil
Domain:
computer science computing
noun Sense 30
a dense clusters of flowers or foliage
"a head of cauliflower"
"a head of lettuce"
Type of:
plant organ
noun Sense 31
forward movement
"the ship made little headway against the gale"
Type of:
progress progression advance
Derived:
lead steer maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre
noun Sense 32
a difficult juncture
"a pretty pass"
"matters came to a head yesterday"
Type of:
juncture occasion
noun Sense 33
the subject matter at issue
"the question of disease merits serious discussion"
"under the head of minor Roman poets"
Type of:
subject topic theme
Kinds of:
problem question of fact matter of fact question of law matter of law
noun Sense 34
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"
Type of:
cognition knowledge noesis
Kinds of:
noddle tabula rasa ego unconscious mind unconscious
Derived:
mind bear in mind
noun Sense 35
oral-genital stimulation
"they say he gives good head"
Type of:
perversion sexual perversion
Kinds of:
cunnilingus cunnilinctus fellatio fellation soixante-neuf
noun Sense 36
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
"the point of the arrow was due north"
Type of:
mark
Has parts:
arrow pointer
verb Sense 37
travel in front of; go in advance of others
"The procession was headed by John"
Type of:
precede lead
Kinds of:
draw away
Derived:
headway forefront leader
Verb group:
head up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 38
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"
Type of:
line
Kinds of:
crossheading crosshead headline newspaper headline lemma
noun Sense 39
the source of water from which a stream arises
"they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
Type of:
beginning origin root
noun Sense 40
the educator who has executive authority for a school
"she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
Type of:
educator pedagogue
Kinds of:
chancellor headmaster schoolmaster master headmistress
verb Sense 41
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Type of:
control command
Kinds of:
dock sheer pull over crab navigate
Derived:
channelization channelisation canalization canalisation usher
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
driving
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
41
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
198
Times Searched
4
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