head, caput (noun)

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"

head (noun)

a single domestic animal

"200 head of cattle"

mind, head, brain, psyche, nous (noun)

that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

"his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

head, chief, top dog (noun)

a person who is in charge

"the head of the whole operation"

head (noun)

the front of a military formation or procession

"the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"

head (noun)

the pressure exerted by a fluid

"a head of steam"

head (noun)

the top of something

"the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"

fountainhead, headspring, head (noun)

the source of water from which a stream arises

"they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

head, head word (noun)

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

head (noun)

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

head (noun)

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"

capitulum, head (noun)

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

"a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"

principal, school principal, head teacher, head (noun)

the educator who has executive authority for a school

"she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

head (noun)

an individual person

"tickets are $5 per head"

head (noun)

a user of (usually soft) drugs

"the office was full of secret heads"

promontory, headland, head, foreland (noun)

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

head (noun)

a rounded compact mass

"the head of a comet"

head (noun)

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"

forefront, head (noun)

the part in the front or nearest the viewer

"he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"

pass, head, straits (noun)

a difficult juncture

"a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"

headway, head (noun)

forward movement

"the ship made little headway against the gale"

point, head (noun)

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

"the point of the arrow was due north"

question, head (noun)

the subject matter at issue

"the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"

heading, header, head (noun)

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"

head (noun)

the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

"the head of the humerus"

head (noun)

that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

read/write head, head (noun)

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

head (noun)

(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

"call heads or tails!"

head (noun)

the striking part of a tool

"the head of the hammer"

head (noun)

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

head (noun)

a projection out from one end

"the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"

drumhead, head (noun)

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

oral sex, head (verb)

oral stimulation of the genitals

"they say he gives good head"

head (verb)

to go or travel towards

"where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"

head, lead (verb)

be in charge of

"Who is heading this project?"

lead, head (verb)

travel in front of; go in advance of others

"The procession was headed by John"

head, head up (verb)

be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

"This student heads the class"

steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise (verb)

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

head (verb)

take its rise

"These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

head (verb)

be in the front of or on top of

"The list was headed by the name of the president"

head (verb)

form a head or come or grow to a head

"The wheat headed early this year"

head (verb)

remove the head of

"head the fish"

head (Noun)

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

head (Noun)

Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.

head (Noun)

Mind; one's own thoughts.

head (Noun)

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

head (Noun)

The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.

head (Noun)

The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.

head (Noun)

The principal operative part of a simple machine or tool.

head (Noun)

The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.

head (Noun)

The front, as of a queue.

head (Verb)

To be in command of. - see also head up

head (Verb)

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

head (Verb)

To move in a specified direction. heading towards something

head (Verb)

To remove the head from a fish.

head (Noun)

Headway; progress.

head (Noun)

The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.

head (Noun)

Leader; chief; mastermind.

head (Noun)

A headmaster or headmistress.

head (Noun)

A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.

head (Noun)

A clump of leaves or flowers; a capitulum.

head (Noun)

The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.

head (Noun)

An individual person.

head (Noun)

A single animal.

head (Noun)

The population of game.

head (Noun)

Topic; subject.

head (Noun)

A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.

head (Noun)

The principal melody or theme of a piece.

head (Noun)

Deposits near the top of a geological succession.

head (Noun)

The end of an abscess where pus collects.

head (Noun)

denouement; crisis

head (Noun)

A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.

head (Noun)

The headstock of a guitar.

head (Noun)

A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.

head (Noun)

The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.

head (Noun)

The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.

head (Noun)

A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.

head (Noun)

The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.

head (Noun)

More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.

head (Noun)

The top edge of a sail.

head (Noun)

The bow of a nautical vessel.

head (Noun)

The toilet of a ship.

head (Noun)

Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

head (Noun)

The glans penis.

head (Noun)

A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

head (Noun)

A headland.

head (Noun)

The part of hard drives responsible for reading and writing data.

head (Adjective)

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

head (Adjective)

Foremost in rank or importance.

head (Adjective)

Placed at the top or the front.

head (Adjective)

Coming from in front.

head (Noun)

Plural form of vertebra.

head (Noun)

Plural form of idea.

Head (ProperNoun)

A surname, from residence near a hilltop or the head of a river, or a byname for someone with an odd-looking head.

Head

In anatomy, the head of an animal is the rostral part that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Some very simple animals may not have a head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do. Heads develop in animals by an evolutionary trend known as cephalization. In bilaterally symmetrical animals, nerve tissues concentrate at the anterior region, forming structures responsible for information processing. Through biological evolution, sense organs and feeding structures also concentrate into the anterior region, which collectively form the head.

Head

A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste, respectively. Some very simple animals may not have a head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do, regardless of size. Heads develop in animals by an evolutionary trend known as cephalization. In bilaterally symmetrical animals, nervous tissues concentrate at the anterior region, forming structures responsible for information processing. Through biological evolution, sense organs and feeding structures also concentrate into the anterior region; these collectively form the head.