Definition
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| direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
| the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" |
| (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship |
| to go or travel towards; |
| the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; |
| the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer" |
| travel in front of; go in advance of others; |
| 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" |
| (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!" |
| a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet" |
| (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk |
| form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year" |
| (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent |
| the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" |
| 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 pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam" |
| the subject matter at issue; |
| a dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; |
| remove the head of; "head the fish" |
| a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; |
| forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale" |
| the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) |
| oral s |
| that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves |
| a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) |
| the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; |
| a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads" |
| the rounded end |
| be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class" |
| take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" |
| the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brai |