Définitions
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.; The company is looking for people with good heads for business.; He has no head for heights.; It's all about having a good head on your shoulders.; This song keeps going through my head.; a laced head; a head of hair; Admission is three dollars a head.; 200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses; We have a heavy head of deer this year."
2.NounTo do with heads.
Mental or emotional aptitude or skill."The company is looking for people with good heads for business.; He has no head for heights.; It's all about having a good head on your shoulders.; This song keeps going through my head.; a laced head; a head of hair; Admission is three dollars a head."
3.NounMental or emotional aptitude or skill."The company is looking for people with good heads for business.; He has no head for heights.; It's all about having a good head on your shoulders."
4.NounMind; one's own thoughts."This song keeps going through my head."
5.NounA headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
6.NounA headdress; a covering for the head."a laced head; a head of hair"
7.NounAn individual person."Admission is three dollars a head."
8.NounTo do with heads.
A single animal; measure word for livestock and game."200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses; We have a heavy head of deer this year."
9.NounA single animal; measure word for livestock and game."200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses"
10.NounThe population of game."We have a heavy head of deer this year."
11.NounThe antlers of a deer.
12.NounThe topmost, foremost, or leading part."What does it say at the head of the page?; During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table.; Hit the nail on the head!; The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.; Tap the head of the drum for this roll.; The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned.; Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head.; He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head."
13.NounThe end of a table.
The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor."During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table."
14.NounThe end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor."During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table."
15.NounThe end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
16.NounThe principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.
The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide."Hit the nail on the head!; The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.; Tap the head of the drum for this roll.; The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned."
17.NounThe end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
18.NounThe end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide."Hit the nail on the head!"
19.Noun:
The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
20.NounThe larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
21.NounEither, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
22.NounThe sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer."The head of the compass needle is pointing due north."
23.NounThe top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
24.NounA drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound."Tap the head of the drum for this roll."
25.NounA machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium."The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned."
26.NounThe part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
27.NounThe cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
28.NounA milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
29.NounThe foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages."Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head.; He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head."
30.NounThe end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
31.NounThe end cap of a cask or other barrel.
32.NounThe uppermost part of a valley.
33.NounDeposits near the top of a geological succession.
34.NounEllipsis of headline.
35.NounThe end of an abscess where pus collects.
36.NounThe headstock of a guitar.
37.NounA leading component.
The top edge of a sail.
The bow of a vessel.
38.NounThe top edge of a sail.
39.NounThe bow of a vessel.
40.NounA headland.
41.NounA title or heading in a book or other document.
42.NounA leader or expert."I'd like to speak to the head of the department.; Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night.; He's (the) head of a project here.; I was called into the head's office to discuss my behaviour.; Only true heads know this."
43.NounThe place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
44.NounA headteacher."I was called into the head's office to discuss my behaviour."
45.NounA person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop."Only true heads know this."
46.NounAn old head.
47.NounA significant or important part.
A beginning or end, a protuberance.
The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it."The expedition followed the river all the way to the head.; Give me a head of lettuce.; I've got to go to the head."
48.NounA beginning or end, a protuberance.
The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it."The expedition followed the river all the way to the head.; Give me a head of lettuce.; I've got to go to the head."
49.NounThe source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it."The expedition followed the river all the way to the head."
50.NounA clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum."Give me a head of lettuce."
51.NounAn ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
52.NounThe leafy top part of a tree.
53.NounThe rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
54.NounThe toilet of a ship."I've got to go to the head."
55.NounTiles laid at the eaves of a house.
56.NounA component.
The principal melody or theme of a piece.
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.
57.NounThe principal melody or theme of a piece.
58.NounA 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.
59.NounThe first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
60.NounHeadway; progress."We are having a difficult time making head against this wind."
61.NounTopic; subject."We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements."
62.NounDenouement; crisis."These issues are going to come to a head today."
63.NounPressure and energy.
A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head."Let the engine build up a good head of steam.; How much head do you have at the Glens Falls feeder dam?"
64.NounA buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head."Let the engine build up a good head of steam.; How much head do you have at the Glens Falls feeder dam?"
65.NounThe difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
66.NounMore generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
67.NounFellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex."She gave great head.; Danny got head last night."
68.NounThe glans penis.
69.NounA heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
70.NounPower; armed force.
71.AdjectiveOf, relating to, or intended for the head.
72.VerbTo be in command of. (See also head up.)"Who heads the board of trustees?; to head an army, an expedition, or a riot"
73.VerbTo come at the beginning or front of; to commence."A group of clowns headed the procession.; The most important items headed the list."
74.VerbTo strike with the head"to head the ball"
75.VerbTo move in a specified direction."We are going to head up North for our holiday.; We will head off tomorrow.; Next holiday we will head out West, or head to Chicago.; Right now I need to head into town to do some shopping.; I'm fed up working for a boss. I'm going to head out on my own, set up my own business.; Where does the train head to?"
76.VerbTo remove the head from (a fish)."The salmon are first headed and then scaled."
77.VerbTo originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
78.VerbTo form a head."This kind of cabbage heads early."
79.VerbTo form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head."to head a nail"
80.VerbTo cut off the top of; to lop off."to head trees"
81.VerbTo behead; to decapitate.
82.VerbTo go in front of."to head a drove of cattle; to head a person"
83.VerbTo get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose."The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult."
84.VerbTo check or restrain.
85.VerbTo set on the head."to head a cask"
86.AdjectiveForemost in rank or importance."the head cook"
87.AdjectivePlaced at the top or the front.
88.AdjectiveComing from in front."head sea; head wind"