n.

1. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains;
   caput
   
   • he stuck his head out the window
2. a single domestic animal
   
   • 200 head of cattle
3. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;
   mind, brain, psyche, nous
   
   • his mind wandered
   • I couldn't get his words out of my head
4. a person who is in charge;
   chief, top dog
   
   • the head of the whole operation
5. the front of a military formation or procession
   
   • the head of the column advanced boldly
   • they were at the head of the attack
6. the pressure exerted by a fluid
   
   • a head of steam
7. the top of something
   
   • the head of the stairs
   • the head of the page
   • the head of the list
8. the source of water from which a stream arises;
   fountainhead, headspring
   
   • they tracked him back toward the head of the stream
9. (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent;
   head word
10. the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
11. the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
    
    • he is two heads taller than his little sister
    • his horse won by a head
12. a dense clusters of flowers or foliage;
    capitulum
    
    • a head of cauliflower
    • a head of lettuce
13. the educator who has executive authority for a school;
    principal, school principal, head teacher
    
    • she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
14. an individual person
    
    • tickets are $5 per head
15. a user of (usually soft) drugs
    
    • the office was full of secret heads
16. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea);
    promontory, headland, foreland
17. a rounded compact mass
    
    • the head of a comet
18. 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
19. the part in the front or nearest the viewer;
    forefront
    
    • he was in the forefront
    • he was at the head of the column
20. a difficult juncture;
    pass, straits
    
    • a pretty pass
    • matters came to a head yesterday
21. forward movement;
    headway
    
    • the ship made little headway against the gale
22. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;
    point
    
    • the point of the arrow was due north
23. the subject matter at issue;
    question
    
    • the question of disease merits serious discussion
    • under the head of minor Roman poets
24. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;
    heading, header
    
    • the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
25. the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
    
    • the head of the humerus
26. that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
27. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk;
    read/write head
28. (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
    
    • call heads or tails!
29. the striking part of a tool
    
    • the head of the hammer
30. (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
31. a projection out from one end
    
    • the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin
32. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum;
    drumhead
33. oral stimulation of the genitals;
    oral sex
    
    • they say he gives good head

v.

1. to go or travel towards
   
   • where is she heading
   • We were headed for the mountains
2. be in charge of;
   lead
   
   • Who is heading this project?
3. travel in front of; go in advance of others;
   lead
   
   • The procession was headed by John
4. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;
   head up
   
   • This student heads the class
5. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling;
   steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise
6. take its rise
   
   • These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
7. be in the front of or on top of
   
   • The list was headed by the name of the president
8. form a head or come or grow to a head
   
   • The wheat headed early this year
9. remove the head of
   
   • head the fish