head


Meanings

  • 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"
  • a single domestic animal;
    • "200 head of cattle"
  • that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;
    • "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
  • a person who is in charge;
    • "the head of the whole operation"
  • the front of a military formation or procession;
    • "the head of the column advanced boldly"
    • "they were at the head of the attack"
  • the pressure exerted by a fluid;
    • "a head of steam"
  • the top of something;
    • "the head of the stairs"
    • "the head of the page"
    • "the head of the list"
  • the source of water from which a stream arises;
    • "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
  • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
  • the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
  • 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"
  • a dense cluster of flowers or foliage;
    • "a head of cauliflower"
    • "a head of lettuce"
  • the educator who has executive authority for a school;
  • an individual person;
    • "tickets are $5 per head"
  • a user of (usually soft) drugs;
    • "the office was full of secret heads"
  • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
  • a rounded compact mass;
    • "the head of a comet"
  • 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"
  • the part in the front or nearest the viewer;
    • "he was at the head of the column"
  • a difficult juncture;
    • "matters came to a head yesterday"
  • forward movement;
    • "the ship made little headway against the gale"
  • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;
  • the subject matter at issue;
    • "under the head of minor Roman poets"
  • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;
    • "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
  • the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint;
    • "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
  • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head;
    • "call heads or tails!"
  • the striking part of a tool;
    • "the head of the hammer"
  • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
  • a projection out from one end;
    • "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
  • a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
  • oral stimulation of the genitals;
    • "they say he gives good head"
  • to go or travel towards;
    • "where is she heading"
    • "We were headed for the mountains"
  • be in charge of;
    • "Who is heading this project?"
  • travel in front of; go in advance of others;
    • "The procession was headed by John"
  • be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;
    • "This student heads the class"
  • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
  • take its rise;
    • "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
  • be in the front of or on top of;
    • "The list was headed by the name of the president"
  • form a head or come or grow to a head;
    • "The wheat headed early this year"
  • remove the head of;
    • "head the fish"
  • HEAD v -ED, -ING, -S to be chief of


Scrabble Score: 8

head is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

head is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

head is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

head is a valid Words With Friends word