head
head
hɛd
hed
/hɛd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "head"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāϰ

the top part of body, where brain and face are located
head definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He accidentally bumped his head on the low doorway.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āϠ⧁āϕ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āύ⧇āϤāĻž

a person in a leadership or authority position within a specific organization or group
head definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mr. Smith is the head of our department.
āĻŽāĻŋāσ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϚāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

the flat top part of a drum
head definition and meaning
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāϰ

the front part of an insect's body that contains the eyes, antennae, mouth, and other sensory parts, and is connected to the rest of the body by a small joint called the neck
head definition and meaning
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āĻļāĻŋāϰ, āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻž

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
head definition and meaning
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻĒāĻļ⧁

a single domestic animal
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āĻĢ⧇āύāĻž

the bubbly layer that forms on the surface of certain drinks, such as beer or other carbonated beverages
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ

the top of the book, where the pages are bound together
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻŽāύ

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇

the front of a military formation or procession
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āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž

the top of something
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āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ, āφāĻĻāĻŋ

the source of water from which a stream arises
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ

a projection out from one end
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āϟāϝāĻŧāϞ⧇āϟ (āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ)

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
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āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
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āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āύāĻžāĻŽ, āĻšā§‡āĻĄ

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
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āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ, āϤ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
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āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ

the subject matter at issue
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āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋ, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ

forward movement
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟ, āĻ…āϚāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž

a difficult juncture
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇

the part in the front or nearest the viewer
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻŦāϞ

a rounded compact mass
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•, āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

the person in charge of running a school
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Parents met with the head of school to discuss school rules.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϏāĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ

a user of (usually soft) drugs
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

an individual person
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ›

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž

the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
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āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāϏāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move toward a particular direction
Intransitive: to head somewhere | to head to a direction
to head definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The birds typically head south for the winter.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lead or be in charge of an organization, team, etc.
Transitive: to head a team or organization
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Professor Rodriguez was chosen to head the research team.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĢ⧇āϏāϰ āϰāĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāϗ⧇āϜ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move in front or lead a group
Transitive: to head a group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The designated leader will head the group of students during the school field trip to the museum.
āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāωāϜāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to guide or steer something, often referring to the control of a vehicle or object's movement
Complex Transitive: to head a vehicle or animal somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With hands firmly on the steering wheel, she headed the car down the winding mountain road.
āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻšā§āχāϞ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be the leader, chief, or primary member of a group or organization
Transitive: to head a group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Dr. Rodriguez, a renowned scientist, will head the panel of judges for the prestigious science competition.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āĻĄ. āϰāĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϗ⧇āϜ, āĻŽāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cut or sever the head from a living organism or an inanimate object
Transitive: to head livestock
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In certain cultures, it is a customary practice to head poultry before cooking.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇, āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύāĨ¤
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āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lead or introduce a section, category, or document by placing a heading or title at the top
Transitive: to head a section or document with a title
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the report, each section will be headed with a descriptive title to facilitate easy navigation.
āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϏāĻšāϜ āύ⧇āĻ­āĻŋāϗ⧇āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āύāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻš āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to strike the ball with the head, usually to pass or score in soccer
Transitive: to head the ball somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He rose high to head the ball to his teammate.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻšā§āĻšā§‡ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ

having a high rank or position of authority within a particular field or organization
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The head chef is responsible for creating the restaurant's menu.
āĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽā§‡āύ⧁ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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