What is the meaning of head?

noun

• The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains.
  • usage: "he stuck his head out the window"
  • synonyms: caput
• A single domestic animal.
  • usage: "200 head of cattle"
• That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason.
  • usage: "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
  • synonyms: mind, brain, psyche, nous
• A person who is in charge.
  • usage: "the head of the whole operation"
  • synonyms: chief, top dog
• The front of a military formation or procession.
  • usage: "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"
• The pressure exerted by a fluid.
  • usage: "a head of steam"
• The top of something.
  • usage: "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
• The source of water from which a stream arises.
  • usage: "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
  • synonyms: fountainhead, headspring
• Grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent.
  • synonyms: head word
• The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates. )
• The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head.
  • usage: "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
• A dense cluster of flowers or foliage.
  • usage: "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
  • synonyms: capitulum
• The educator who has executive authority for a school.
  • usage: "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
  • synonyms: principal, school principal, head teacher
• An individual person.
  • usage: "tickets are $5 per head"
• A user of (usually soft) drugs.
  • usage: "the office was full of secret heads"
• A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea.
  • synonyms: promontory, headland, foreland
• A rounded compact mass.
  • usage: "the head of a comet"
• The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container.
  • usage: "the beer had a large head of foam"
• The part in the front or nearest the viewer.
  • usage: "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
  • synonyms: forefront
• A difficult juncture.
  • usage: "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
  • synonyms: pass, straits
• Forward movement.
  • usage: "the ship made little headway against the gale"
  • synonyms: headway
• A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.
  • usage: "the point of the arrow was due north"
  • synonyms: point
• The subject matter at issue.
  • usage: "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
  • synonyms: question
• A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.
  • usage: "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
  • synonyms: heading, header
• The rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint.
  • usage: "the head of the humerus"
• 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)
  • synonyms: read/write head
• Usually plural. ( the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head)
  • usage: "call heads or tails"
• The striking part of a tool.
  • usage: "the head of the hammer"
• Nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship. (
• A projection out from one end.
  • usage: "the head of the nail, "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
• A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum.
  • synonyms: drumhead
• Oral stimulation of the genitals.
  • usage: "they say he gives good head"
  • synonyms: oral sex

verb

• To go or travel towards.
  • usage: "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"
• Be in charge of.
  • usage: "Who is heading this project"
  • synonyms: lead
• Travel in front of; go in advance of others.
  • usage: "The procession was headed by John"
  • synonyms: lead
• Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.
  • usage: "This student heads the class"
  • synonyms: head up
• Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.
  • synonyms: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise
• Take its rise.
  • usage: "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
• Be in the front of or on top of.
  • usage: "The list was headed by the name of the president"
• Form a head or come or grow to a head.
  • usage: "The wheat headed early this year"
• Remove the head of.
  • usage: "head the fish"