head

head (http://definr.com/head)

     adj 1: (of persons) highest in rank or authority or office; "his
            arch rival"; "the boss man"; "the chief executive";
            "head librarian"; "top administrators" [syn: arch(a),
             boss(a), chief(a), head(a), top(a)]
     2: (grammar) of a word in a phrase; the word playing the same
        grammatical role in the sentence that the phrase itself
        plays; "the head noun in the phrase `fresh fish' is
        `fish,' which is the direct object in the sentence `I
        bought fresh fish'" [syn: head(a)]
     n 1: the upper or front part of the body in animals; contains the
          face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"
          [syn: caput]
     2: a single domestic animal: "200 head of cattle"
     3: 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" [syn: mind, brain,
         psyche, nous]
     4: a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"
        [syn: chief, top dog]
     5: the front of a military formation or procession; "the head
        of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of
        the attack" [ant: rear]
     6: the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"
     7: the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of
        the page"; "the head of the list" [ant: foot]
     8: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they
        tracked him back toward the head of the stream" [syn: fountainhead,
         headspring]
     9: (linguistics) the word in a grammatical constituent that
        plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
        [syn: head word]
     10: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
     11: 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"
     12: a dense clusters of flowers or foliage: "a head of
         cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" [syn: capitulum]
     13: the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she
         sent unruly pupils to see the principal" [syn: principal,
          school principal, head teacher]
     14: an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"
     15: (informal) a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was
         full of secret heads"
     16: a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"
     17: 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"
     18: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the
         forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" [syn: forefront]
     19: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a
         head yesterday" [syn: pass, straits]
     20: forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the
         gale" [syn: headway]
     21: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point
         of the arrow was due north" [syn: point]
     22: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits
         serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman
         poets" [syn: question]
     23: 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" [syn: heading]
     24: the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in
         another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"
     25: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone
         that it moves
     26: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal
         pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
         [syn: read/write head]
     27: (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the
         representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!"
         [ant: tail]
     28: the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"
     29: a toilet on board a boat or ship
     30: a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a
         pinhead is the head of a pin"
     31: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum [syn: drumhead]
     32: oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head"
         [syn: oral sex]
     v 1: to go or travel towards: "where is she heading"; "We were
          headed for the mountains"
     2: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" [syn: lead]
     3: travel in front of; go in advance of others: "The procession
        was headed by John" [syn: lead]
     4: be the first or leading member of (a group) [syn: head up]
     5: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
        [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuvre, direct, point,
         guide]
     6: be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the
        name of the president"