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noun(head)(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
Synonyms: read/write head,
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noun(head)a person who is in charge
Synonyms: chief, top dog,
Examples:
The head of the whole operation.
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noun(head)that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
Examples:
I couldn't get his words out of my head.
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verb(head)be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
Synonyms: head up,
Examples:
This student heads the class.
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noun(head)the educator who has executive authority for a school
Synonyms: head teacher, principal, school principal,
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noun(head)the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
Synonyms: caput,
Examples:
He stuck his head out the window.
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verb(head)travel in front of; go in advance of others
Synonyms: lead,
Examples:
The procession was headed by John.
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noun(head)the part in the front or nearest the viewer
Synonyms: forefront,
Examples:
He was at the head of the column.
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noun(head)a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
Examples:
The heading seemed to have little to do with the text.
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noun(head)a difficult juncture
Examples:
Matters came to a head yesterday.
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noun(head)forward movement
Synonyms: headway,
Examples:
The ship made little headway against the gale.
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noun(head)oral stimulation of the genitals
Synonyms: oral sex,
Examples:
They say he gives good head.
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noun(head)a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
Synonyms: capitulum,
Examples:
A head of cauliflower.
A head of lettuce.
A head of lettuce.
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noun(head)the subject matter at issue
Synonyms: question,
Examples:
Under the head of minor Roman poets.
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verb(head)direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
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noun(head)the source of water from which a stream arises
Synonyms: fountainhead, headspring,
Examples:
They tracked him back toward the head of the stream.
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noun(head)a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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noun(head)(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Synonyms: head word,
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noun(head)an individual person
Examples:
Tickets are $5 per head.
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noun(head)a projection out from one end
Examples:
The head of the nail.
A pinhead is the head of a pin.
A pinhead is the head of a pin.
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noun(head)a rounded compact mass
Examples:
The head of a comet.
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noun(head)a single domestic animal
Examples:
200 head of cattle.
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noun(head)a user of (usually soft) drugs
Examples:
The office was full of secret heads.
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verb(head)be in the front of or on top of
Examples:
The list was headed by the name of the president.
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verb(head)form a head or come or grow to a head
Examples:
The wheat headed early this year.
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noun(head)(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
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verb(head)remove the head of
Examples:
Head the fish.
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verb(head)take its rise
Examples:
These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas.
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noun(head)that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
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noun(head)the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
Examples:
The beer had a large head of foam.
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noun(head)the front of a military formation or procession
Antonyms: rear,
Examples:
The head of the column advanced boldly.
They were at the head of the attack.
They were at the head of the attack.
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noun(head)the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
Examples:
He is two heads taller than his little sister.
His horse won by a head.
His horse won by a head.
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noun(head)the pressure exerted by a fluid
Examples:
A head of steam.
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noun(head)the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
Examples:
The head of the humerus.
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noun(head)the striking part of a tool
Examples:
The head of the hammer.
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noun(head)the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
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noun(head)the top of something
Antonyms: foot,
Examples:
The head of the stairs.
The head of the page.
The head of the list.
The head of the page.
The head of the list.
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verb(head)to go or travel towards
Examples:
Where is she heading.
We were headed for the mountains.
We were headed for the mountains.
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noun(head)(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
Antonyms: tail,
Examples:
Call heads or tails!.