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English to English adjective
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Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | | Example: he stuck his head out the window
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a single domestic animal | | Example: 200 head of cattle
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that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason | | Example: his mind wandered
I couldn't get his words out of my head
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a person who is in charge | | Example: the head of the whole operation
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the front of a military formation or procession | | Example: the head of the column advanced boldly
they were at the head of the attack
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the pressure exerted by a fluid | | Example: a head of steam
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the top of something | | Example: the head of the stairs
the head of the page
the head of the list
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the source of water from which a stream arises | | Example: they tracked him back toward the head of the stream
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(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent | | source: wordnet30
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the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) | | source: wordnet30
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the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head | | 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 | | Example: a head of cauliflower
a head of lettuce
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the educator who has executive authority for a school | | Example: she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
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an individual person | | Example: tickets are $5 per head
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a user of (usually soft) drugs | | 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) | | source: wordnet30
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a rounded compact mass | | 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 | | Example: the beer had a large head of foam
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the part in the front or nearest the viewer | | Example: he was in the forefront
he was at the head of the column
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a difficult juncture | | Example: a pretty pass
matters came to a head yesterday
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forward movement | | Example: the ship made little headway against the gale
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a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | | Example: the point of the arrow was due north
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the subject matter at issue | | Example: the question of disease merits serious discussion
under the head of minor Roman poets
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a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | | Example: the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
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the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint | | 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 | | source: wordnet30
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(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk | | source: wordnet30
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(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head | | Example: call heads or tails!
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the striking part of a tool | | Example: the head of the hammer
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(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship | | source: wordnet30
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a projection out from one end | | 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 | | source: wordnet30
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oral stimulation of the genitals | | Example: they say he gives good head
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A variant of -hood. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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to go or travel towards | | Example: where is she heading
We were headed for the mountains
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be in charge of | | Example: Who is heading this project?
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travel in front of; go in advance of others | | Example: The procession was headed by John
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be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | | Example: This student heads the class
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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | | source: wordnet30
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take its rise | | Example: These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
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be in the front of or on top of | | 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 | | Example: The wheat headed early this year
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remove the head of | | 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. | | source: webster1913
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To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river. | | source: webster1913
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