Head (Noun)
Meaning 1
The pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam".
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
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Meaning 2
The part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column".
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 3
The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates).
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 4
An individual person; "tickets are $5 per head".
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Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Tickets are $5 per head, so if you're bringing kids, that's extra.
- The cost of feeding each prisoner is calculated at $3 per head per day.
- At the festival, we were charging $10 admission per head, but kids under 5 got in free.
- The hike is $2 per head to climb to the top of the waterfall, but totally worth it.
- Entrance to the event is $20 per head, and VIP tickets are an extra $50 per head.
Meaning 5
Oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 6
A user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 7
The front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 8
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 9
The rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus".
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Nouns denoting body parts.
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Meaning 10
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 11
The source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream".
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 12
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".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 13
A single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle".
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Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 14
A dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce".
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Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 15
A rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet".
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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 16
The subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 17
The top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list".
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 18
A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).
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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 19
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 20
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 21
The striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 22
A person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 23
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".
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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 24
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".
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Nouns denoting body parts.
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Meaning 25
The educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 26
That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 27
A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 28
A projection out from one end; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Meaning 29
That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves.
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Nouns denoting body parts.
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Meaning 30
Forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The hikers made slow head against the dense underbrush and steep terrain.
- The team's efforts to launch the new product made little head in the competitive market.
- The cyclist struggled to make head into the strong headwind that was blowing directly in her face.
- The explorers made good head through the jungle, despite the challenging conditions.
- The company's sales made significant head in the first quarter, exceeding projections.
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Meaning 31
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".
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 32
A difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday".
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Nouns denoting natural events.