1. (

• head ,
• caput

) 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" ;

2. (

• head

) a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" ;

3. (

• mind ,
• head ,
• brain ,
• psyche ,
• nous

) 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" ;

4. (

• head ,
• chief ,
• top_dog

) a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation" ;

5. (

• head

) the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack" ;

6. (

• head

) the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam" ;

7. (

• head

) the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list" ;

8. (

• fountainhead ,
• headspring ,
• head ,

) the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" ;

9. (

• head ,
• head_word ,

) (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent ;

10. (

• head

) the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) ;

11. (

• 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" ;

12. (

• capitulum ,
• head

) a dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" ;

13. (

• principal ,
• school_principal ,
• head_teacher ,
• head ,

) the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" ;

14. (

• head ,

) an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head" ;

15. (

• head ,

) a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads" ;

16. (

• promontory ,
• headland ,
• head ,
• foreland

) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) ;

17. (

• head ,

) a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet" ;

18. (

• 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" ;

19. (

• forefront ,
• head ,

) the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" ;

20. (

• pass ,
• head ,
• straits

) a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" ;

21. (

• headway ,
• head

) forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale" ;

22. (

• point ,
• head ,

) a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" ;

23. (

• question ,
• head ,

) the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" ;

24. (

• heading ,
• header ,
• 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" ;

25. (

• 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" ;

26. (

• head ,

) that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves ;

27. (

• read/write_head ,
• head ,

) (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk ;

28. (

• head ,

) (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!" ;

29. (

• head ,

) the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer" ;

30. (

• head ,

) (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship ;

31. (

• head

) a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin" ;

32. (

• drumhead ,
• head ,

) a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum ;

33. (

• oral_sex ,
• head

) oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head" ;

1. (

• head

) to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" ;

2. (

• head ,
• lead

) be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" ;

3. (

• lead ,
• head ,

) travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John" ;

4. (

• head ,
• head_up

) be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class" ;

5. (

• steer ,
• maneuver ,
• manoeuver ,
• manoeuvre ,
• direct ,
• point ,
• head ,
• guide ,
• channelize ,
• channelise ,

) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling ;

6. (

• head ,

) take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" ;

7. (

• head

) be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president" ;

8. (

• head ,

) form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year" ;

9. (

• head

) remove the head of; "head the fish" ;