Head Definition
hĕd
headed, heading, heads
noun
heads
The top part of the body in humans, the apes, etc., or the front part in most other animals: in higher animals it is a bony structure containing the brain, and including the jaws, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
Webster's New World
The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.
American Heritage Medicine
This part exclusive of the face.
Webster's New World
The approximate length of the human head, used in height comparisons.
The boy is a head taller than his sister.
Webster's New World
The head as the seat of reason, memory, and imagination; mind; intelligence.
To use one's head.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Often used in combination.
Headshaking; headwrap.
American Heritage
Of or having to do with the head.
Webster's New World
Foremost in rank or importance.
The head librarian.
American Heritage
Most important; principal; commanding; first.
Webster's New World
At the top or front.
Webster's New World
verb
headed, heading, heads
To be chief of or in charge of; command; direct.
Webster's New World
To be at the top or beginning of; lead; precede.
To head a list.
Webster's New World
To set out; travel in a direction or toward a destination.
To head eastward, head home.
Webster's New World
To be in the first or foremost position of.
Collins heads the list of job candidates.
American Heritage
To grow or come to a head.
Webster's New World
affix
Godhead.
Webster's New World
A person having a (specified kind of) head or mind, or a head seemingly filled with a (specified) thing.
Dumbhead, airhead.
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idiom
have a big
- To be overly self-confident or conceited.
American Heritage
head and shoulders above
- Far superior to:
head and shoulders above her colleagues in analytical capability.
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head over heels
- Rolling, as in a somersault:
tripped and fell head over heels.
- Completely; hopelessly:
head over heels in love.
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keep (one's) head
- To remain calm; remain in control of oneself.
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lose (one's) head
- To lose one's poise or self-control.
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Head
- have a big
- head and shoulders above
- head over heels
- keep (one's) head
- lose (one's) head
- off
- on (one's) head
- over (one's) head
- put heads together
- bite someone's head off
- by a head
- by the head
- come to a head
- get it through one's head
- give head
- go to someone's head
- hang one's head
- head and shoulders above
- head for
- head off
- one's head off
- head over heels
- heads up!
- keep one's head
- keep one's head above water
- lose one's head
- make head
- make head or tail of
- on someone's head
- out of one's head
- over someone's head
- put heads together
- take it into one's head
- turn someone's head
- turn heads
Origin of Head
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Middle English from Old English hēafod kaput- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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