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- n 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 - n a single domestic animal
200 head of cattle - n that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
I couldn't get his words out of my head - n a person who is in charge
the head of the whole operation - n the front of a military formation or procession
the head of the column advanced boldly
they were at the head of the attack - n the pressure exerted by a fluid
a head of steam - n the top of something
the head of the stairs
the head of the page
the head of the list - n the source of water from which a stream arises
they tracked him back toward the head of the stream - n (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- n the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- n 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 - n a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
a head of cauliflower
a head of lettuce - n the educator who has executive authority for a school
- n an individual person
tickets are $5 per head - n a user of (usually soft) drugs
the office was full of secret heads - n a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- n a rounded compact mass
the head of a comet - n 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 - n the part in the front or nearest the viewer
he was at the head of the column - n a difficult juncture
matters came to a head yesterday - n forward movement
the ship made little headway against the gale - n a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- n the subject matter at issue
under the head of minor Roman poets - n 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 - n the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
the head of the humerus - n that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- n (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- n (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
call heads or tails! - n the striking part of a tool
the head of the hammer - n (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- n a projection out from one end
the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin - n a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- n oral stimulation of the genitals
they say he gives good head - v to go or travel towards
where is she heading
We were headed for the mountains - v be in charge of
Who is heading this project? - v travel in front of; go in advance of others
The procession was headed by John - v be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
This student heads the class - v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- v take its rise
These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas - v be in the front of or on top of
The list was headed by the name of the president - v form a head or come or grow to a head
The wheat headed early this year - v remove the head of
head the fish
- One of the most common collision-related head injuries is a concussion, which occurs when the head moves at high speed and stops suddenly as it strikes a hard object.
- The more that doctors learn about head injuries, the more concerned they are that not nearly enough is being done to protect accident victims from the long-lasting, possibly .
- Despite the dogged conviction of the late, high-domed Publicist Arthur Brisbane that high-domed foreheads are a mark of superior intelligence, a mass of evidence has been .