Uk English Meaning of head
head
Other Uk English words related to head
Nearest Words of head
- head ache => headache
- head and shoulders above => head and shoulders above
- head blight => Head blight
- head cabbage => Cabbage
- head cabbage plant => Head of cabbage
- head cold => Head cold
- head count => headcount
- head covering => Head covering
- head crash => Head crash
- head for the hills => Head for the hills
Definitions and Meaning of head in English
head (n)
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 word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
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) drugs
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) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
the striking part of a tool
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
a projection out from one end
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
oral stimulation of the genitals
head (v)
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) and excel
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
head (n.)
The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.
The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.
The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.
The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.
The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.
Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.
The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.
The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.
A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.
Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.
Power; armed force.
A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.
An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.
A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.
The antlers of a deer.
A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.
Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
head (a.)
Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
head (v. t.)
To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.
To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.
To behead; to decapitate.
To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.
To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
head (v. i.)
To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.
To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?
To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.
FAQs About the word head
head
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
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