what does head mean?
HEAD as NOUN
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- they say he gives good head
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a projection out from one end
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- the head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the striking part of a tool
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person’’s head
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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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
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- he stuck his head out the window
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- that which is responsible for one’’s thoughts and feelings
- the seat of the faculty of reason
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- his mind wandered
- I couldn”t get his words out of my head
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
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- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the subject matter at issue
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- the question of disease merits serious discussion
- under the head of minor Roman poets
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
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- the point of the arrow was due north
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the ship made little headway against the gale
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a pretty pass
- matters came to a head yesterday
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the front of a military formation or procession
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- the head of the column advanced boldly
- they were at the head of the attack
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the source of water from which a stream arises
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- they tracked him back toward the head of the stream
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
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- he was in the forefront
- he was at the head of the column
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the head of the stairs
- the head of the page
- the head of the list
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
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- the beer had a large head of foam
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a user of (usually soft) drugs
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- the office was full of secret heads
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a person who is in charge
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- the head of the whole operation
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the educator who has executive authority for a school
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- she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the pressure exerted by a fluid
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a dense clusters of flowers or foliage
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- a head of cauliflower
- a head of lettuce
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
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- he is two heads taller than his little sister
- his horse won by a head
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
HEAD as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- direct the course
- determine the direction of travelling
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Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- where is she heading
- We were headed for the mountains
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- travel in front of
- go in advance of others
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- The procession was headed by John
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Who is heading this project?
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- form a head or come or grow to a head
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- The wheat headed early this year
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- be in the front of or on top of
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- The list was headed by the name of the president
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
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- This student heads the class
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
Hypernyms(s) head is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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