Noun Definition
head
1.Definition: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
Category: Objects2.Definition: (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Category: General4.Definition: (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
"Call heads or tails!"
Category: Objects5.Definition: a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
"A head of cauliflower", "A head of lettuce"
Related Noun(s):capitulum
Category: Plants6.Definition: a difficult juncture
"A pretty pass", "Matters came to a head yesterday"
Category: General7.Definition: 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"
Category: General8.Definition: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
Related Noun(s):drumhead
Category: Objects9.Definition: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
Related Noun(s):foreland, headland, promontory
Category: Objects11.Definition: a projection out from one end
"The head of the nail", "A pinhead is the head of a pin"
Category: Objects14.Definition: a user of (usually soft) drugs
"The office was full of secret heads"
Category: People16.Definition: an individual person
"Tickets are $5 per head"
Category: People17.Definition: forward movement
"The ship made little headway against the gale"
Related Noun(s):headway
Category: General18.Definition: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
Category: General19.Definition: that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
"His mind wandered", "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
Category: General20.Definition: the educator who has executive authority for a school
Related Noun(s):head teacher, principal, school principal
Category: People21.Definition: 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"
Category: Objects22.Definition: the front of a military formation or procession
"The head of the column advanced boldly", "They were at the head of the attack"
Category: General23.Definition: 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"
Category: General24.Definition: the part in the front or nearest the viewer
"He was in the forefront", "He was at the head of the column"
Related Noun(s):forefront
Category: Places26.Definition: the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
"The head of the humerus"
Category: General27.Definition: the source of water from which a stream arises
"They tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
Related Noun(s):fountainhead, headspring
Category: Places29.Definition: the subject matter at issue
"The question of disease merits serious discussion", "Under the head of minor Roman poets"
Related Noun(s):question
Category: General31.Definition: the top of something
"The head of the stairs", "The head of the page", "The head of the list"
Category: Places32.Definition: 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"
Related Noun(s):caput
Category: General