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1.nounThe 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.nounThe topmost, foremost, or leading part."What does it say at the head of the page?"
3.noun(social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
4.nounA significant or important part.
5.nounHeadway; progress."We are having a difficult time making head against this wind."
6.nounTopic; subject."We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements."
7.nounDenouement; crisis."These isses are going to come to a head today."
8.noun(fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
9.nounFellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex."She gave great head."
10.nounThe glans penis.
11.nounA heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
12.nounPower; armed force.
13.verbTo be in command of. (See also head up.)"Who heads the board of trustees?"
14.verbTo come at the beginning of; to commence."A group of clowns headed the procession."
15.verbTo strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
16.verbTo move in a specified direction."How does the ship head?"
17.verbTo remove the head from a fish."The salmon are first headed and then scaled."
18.verbTo originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
19.verbTo form a head."This kind of cabbage heads early."
20.verbTo form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head."to head a nail"
21.verbTo cut off the top of; to lop off."to head trees"
22.verbTo behead; to decapitate.
23.verbTo go in front of."to head a drove of cattle"
24.verbTo get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose."The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult."
25.verb(by extension) To check or restrain.
26.verbTo set on the head."to head a cask"
27.adjectiveOf, relating to, or intended for the head.