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say it: hed
head is a noun and verb meaning "the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains". It carries 42 recorded senses.
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”
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”
a person who is in charge
“the head of the whole operation”
the source of water from which a stream arises
“they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”
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”
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
“a head of cauliflower”
“a head of lettuce”
the educator who has executive authority for a school
“she sent unruly pupils to see the principal”
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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”
the subject matter at issue
“the question of disease merits serious discussion”
“under the head of minor Roman poets”
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 rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
“the head of the humerus”
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
computer science
the striking part of a tool
“the head of the hammer”
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
oral stimulation of the genitals
“they say he gives good head”
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for head come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.