Head
nounNoun
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
“a head of cauliflower”
“a head of lettuce”
Similar:Capituluma person who is in charge
“the head of the whole operation”
Similar:ChiefType of:Leaderthat which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
“I couldn't get his words out of my head”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
“he stuck his head out the window”
Similar:Caputthe part in the front or nearest the viewer
“he was at the head of the column”
Similar:ForefrontType of:ForepartFronta line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
“the heading seemed to have little to do with the text”
a difficult juncture
“matters came to a head yesterday”
Type of:OccasionJunctureforward movement
“the ship made little headway against the gale”
Similar:HeadwayType of:ProgressAdvanceProgressionoral stimulation of the genitals
“they say he gives good head”
Type of:Perversionthe subject matter at issue
“under the head of minor Roman poets”
Similar:QuestionType of:SubjectTopicThemethe source of water from which a stream arises
“they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”
Similar:FountainheadHeadspringType of:RootageBeginningOrigina projection out from one end
“the head of the nail”
“a pinhead is the head of a pin”
Type of:Projectionthe front of a military formation or procession
“the head of the column advanced boldly”
“they were at the head of the attack”
Type of:Formationthe 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”
the top of something
“the head of the stairs”
“the head of the page”
“the head of the list”
Type of:Topan individual person
“tickets are $5 per head”
Type of:Individuala rounded compact mass
“the head of a comet”
Type of:Objecta single domestic animal
“200 head of cattle”
a user of (usually soft) drugs
“the office was full of secret heads”
Type of:Userthe 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”
Type of:FoamFroththe pressure exerted by a fluid
“a head of steam”
Type of:Pressurethe rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
“the head of the humerus”
Type of:Structurethe striking part of a tool
“the head of the hammer”
Type of:Striker(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
“call heads or tails!”
Type of:Obverse(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
Type of:Coilthe educator who has executive authority for a school
Similar:PrincipalType of:PedagogueEducatorPedagoga V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
Similar:PointType of:Marka natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
Type of:Elevation(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Type of:Worda membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
Similar:DrumheadType of:Membrane(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
Type of:ToiletBathroomCanthat part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
Type of:Structurethe tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
Verb
be in charge of
“Who is heading this project?”
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
“This student heads the class”
Type of:Betravel in front of; go in advance of others
“The procession was headed by John”
to go or travel towards
“where is she heading”
“We were headed for the mountains”
Type of:ProceedContinuebe in the front of or on top of
“The list was headed by the name of the president”
Type of:Lieform a head or come or grow to a head
“The wheat headed early this year”
Type of:Formremove the head of
“head the fish”
Type of:WithdrawRemoveTaketake its rise
“These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas”
Type of:AriseOriginateRisedirect the course; determine the direction of travelling
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- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
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