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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

   “Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

   “What does it say at the head of the page?”

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A significant or important part.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   Headway; progress.

   “We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.”

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   Topic; subject.

   “We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.”

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   Denouement; crisis.

   “These isses are going to come to a head today.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

   “She gave great head.”

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    The glans penis.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    Power; armed force.

13. Meaning 13 · verb

    To be in command of. (See also head up.)

    “Who heads the board of trustees?”

14. Meaning 14 · verb

    To come at the beginning of; to commence.

    “A group of clowns headed the procession.”

15. Meaning 15 · verb

    To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball

16. Meaning 16 · verb

    To move in a specified direction.

    “How does the ship head?”

17. Meaning 17 · verb

    To remove the head from a fish.

    “The salmon are first headed and then scaled.”

18. Meaning 18 · verb

    To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

19. Meaning 19 · verb

    To form a head.

    “This kind of cabbage heads early.”

20. Meaning 20 · verb

    To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

    “to head a nail”

21. Meaning 21 · verb

    To cut off the top of; to lop off.

    “to head trees”

22. Meaning 22 · verb

    To behead; to decapitate.

23. Meaning 23 · verb

    To go in front of.

    “to head a drove of cattle”

24. Meaning 24 · verb

    To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

    “The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult.”

25. Meaning 25 · verb

    (by extension) To check or restrain.

26. Meaning 26 · verb

    To set on the head.

    “to head a cask”

27. Meaning 27 · adjective

    Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

How this word is used

• Everyday “Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.”
• General “What does it say at the head of the page?”
• General “We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.”
• General “We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.”
• General “These isses are going to come to a head today.”
• General “She gave great head.”
• Everyday “Who heads the board of trustees?”
• General “A group of clowns headed the procession.”
• General “How does the ship head?”
• General “The salmon are first headed and then scaled.”
• General “This kind of cabbage heads early.”
• General “to head a nail”
• General “to head trees”
• General “to head a drove of cattle”
• General “The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult.”
• General “to head a cask”

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