head
What is the Definition of head?
Noun:
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- a single domestic animal
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- a person who is in charge
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- the top of something
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- (grammar)
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- an individual person
- a user of (usually soft)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a rounded compact mass
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- a difficult juncture
- forward movement
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the subject matter at issue
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- (computer science)
- (usually plural)
- the striking part of a tool
- (nautical)
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- oral stimulation of the genitals
Verb:
- to go or travel towards
- be in charge of
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- be the first or leading member of (a group)
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take its rise
- be in the front of or on top of
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- remove the head of
How can I use head in a sentence?
Unfortunately, while everyone else was running around looking for it, Snape, who already suspected me, went straight to the third floor to head me off — and not only did my troll fail to beat you to death, that three-headed dog did not even manage to bite Snape's leg off properly.
He walked over the damp grass, reliving the last hour in his head, which was a happy blur: Gryffindors running to lift him onto their shoulders; Ron and Hermione in the distance, jumping up and down, Ron cheering through a heavy nosebleed.
No post on Sundays, he reminded them cheerfully as he spread marmalade on his newspapers, no damn letters today — Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught him sharply on the back of the head.
He raised the wand above his head, brought it swishing down through the dusty air and a stream of red and gold sparks shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light on to the walls.
What if he just sat there with the hat over his eyes for ages, until Professor McGonagall jerked it off his head and said there had obviously been a mistake and he would better get back on the train?
Other meanings of head (synonyms, cognates).
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| headphone |
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| headroom |
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