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head

(h/E/d )

adjective (a)

Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains(noun.body)

Example:
He stuck his head out the window.

Synonym:
caput

source: wordnet30
a single domestic animal(noun.animal)

Example:
200 head of cattle.

source: wordnet30
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason(noun.cognition)

Example:
I couldn't get his words out of my head.

Synonym:
brain, mind, nous, psyche

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a person who is in charge(noun.person)

Example:
The head of the whole operation.

Synonym:
chief, top dog

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the front of a military formation or procession(noun.group)

Example:
The head of the column advanced boldly.
They were at the head of the attack.

Antonym:
rear

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the pressure exerted by a fluid(noun.phenomenon)

Example:
A head of steam.

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the top of something(noun.location)

Example:
The head of the stairs.
The head of the page.
The head of the list.

Antonym:
foot

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the source of water from which a stream arises(noun.location)

Example:
They tracked him back toward the head of the stream.

Synonym:
fountainhead, headspring

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(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent(noun.communication)

Synonym:
head word

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the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)(noun.state)

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the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head(noun.quantity)

Example:
He is two heads taller than his little sister.
His horse won by a head.

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a dense cluster of flowers or foliage(noun.plant)

Example:
A head of cauliflower.
A head of lettuce.

Synonym:
capitulum

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the educator who has executive authority for a school(noun.person)

Synonym:
head teacher, principal, school principal

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an individual person(noun.person)

Example:
Tickets are $5 per head.

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a user of (usually soft) drugs(noun.person)

Example:
The office was full of secret heads.

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a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)(noun.object)

Synonym:
foreland, headland, promontory

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a rounded compact mass(noun.object)

Example:
The head of a comet.

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the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container(noun.object)

Example:
The beer had a large head of foam.

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the part in the front or nearest the viewer(noun.location)

Example:
He was at the head of the column.

Synonym:
forefront

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a difficult juncture(noun.event)

Example:
Matters came to a head yesterday.

Synonym:
pass, straits

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forward movement(noun.event)

Example:
The ship made little headway against the gale.

Synonym:
headway

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a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer(noun.communication)

Synonym:
point

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the subject matter at issue(noun.communication)

Example:
Under the head of minor Roman poets.

Synonym:
question

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a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about(noun.communication)

Example:
The heading seemed to have little to do with the text.

Synonym:
header, heading

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the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint(noun.body)

Example:
The head of the humerus.

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that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves(noun.body)

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(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
read/write head

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(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head(noun.artifact)

Example:
Call heads or tails!.

Antonym:
tail

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the striking part of a tool(noun.artifact)

Example:
The head of the hammer.

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(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship(noun.artifact)

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a projection out from one end(noun.artifact)

Example:
The head of the nail.
A pinhead is the head of a pin.

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a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
drumhead

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oral stimulation of the genitals(noun.act)

Example:
They say he gives good head.

Synonym:
oral sex

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A variant of -hood.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

to go or travel towards(verb.motion)

Example:
Where is she heading.
We were headed for the mountains.

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be in charge of(verb.social)

Example:
Who is heading this project?.

Synonym:
direct, lead

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travel in front of; go in advance of others(verb.motion)

Example:
The procession was headed by John.

Synonym:
lead

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be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel(verb.stative)

Example:
This student heads the class.

Synonym:
head up

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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling(verb.motion)

Synonym:
channelise, channelize, direct, guide, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer

source: wordnet30
take its rise(verb.stative)

Example:
These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas.

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be in the front of or on top of(verb.stative)

Example:
The list was headed by the name of the president.

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form a head or come or grow to a head(verb.stative)

Example:
The wheat headed early this year.

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remove the head of(verb.contact)

Example:
Head the fish.

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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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.(verb)

source: webster1913

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