head

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

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”

A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.

A difficult juncture.

“matters came to a head yesterday”

Forward movement.

“the ship made little headway against the gale”

Oral stimulation of the genitals.

“they say he gives good head”

A dense cluster of flowers or foliage.

“a head of cauliflower”

“a head of lettuce”

The subject matter at issue.

“under the head of minor Roman poets”

The source of water from which a stream arises.

“they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”

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

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

A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum.

An individual person.

“tickets are $5 per head”

A projection out from one end.

“the head of the nail”

“a pinhead is the head of a pin”

A rounded compact mass.

“the head of a comet”

A single domestic animal.

“200 head of cattle”

A user of (usually soft) drugs.

“the office was full of secret heads”

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship.

A person who is in charge.

“the head of the whole operation”

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

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”

The front of a military formation or procession.

“the head of the column advanced boldly”

“they were at the head of the attack”

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.

Be in charge of.

“Who is heading this project?”

Be in the front of or on top of.

“The list was headed by the name of the president”

Form a head or come or grow to a head.

“The wheat headed early this year”

Remove the head of.

“head the fish”

Take its rise.

“These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas”