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• noun:   a single domestic animal

  Example: "200 head of cattle"

• noun:   a projection out from one end

  Example: "The head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin"

• noun:   (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
• noun:   the striking part of a tool

  Example: "The head of the hammer"

• noun:   (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head

  Example: "Call heads or tails!"

• noun:   that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
• noun:   the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

  Example: "He stuck his head out the window"

• noun:   the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

  Example: "The head of the humerus"

• noun:   (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
• noun:   the front of a military formation or procession

  Example: "The head of the column advanced boldly"

• noun:   the top of something

  Example: "The head of the stairs"

• noun:   the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

  Example: "The beer had a large head of foam"

• noun:   a rounded compact mass

  Example: "The head of a comet"

• noun:   a user of (usually soft) drugs

  Example: "The office was full of secret heads"

• noun:   a person who is in charge

  Example: "The head of the whole operation"

• noun:   an individual person

  Example: "Tickets are $5 per head"

• noun:   the pressure exerted by a fluid

  Example: "A head of steam"

• noun:   the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

  Example: "He is two heads taller than his little sister"

• noun:   the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
• noun:   oral-genital stimulation

  Example: "They say he gives good head"

• noun:   a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
• noun:   (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
• noun:   that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

  Example: "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

• noun:   the subject matter at issue

  Example: "Under the head of minor Roman poets"

• noun:   a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
• noun:   forward movement

  Example: "The ship made little headway against the gale"

• noun:   a difficult juncture

  Example: "Matters came to a head yesterday"

• noun:   the part in the front or nearest the viewer

  Example: "He was at the head of the column"

• noun:   a dense clusters of flowers or foliage

  Example: "A head of cauliflower"

• noun:   a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

  Example: "The heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

• noun:   the source of water from which a stream arises

  Example: "They tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

• noun:   the educator who has executive authority for a school
• verb:   be in charge of

  Example: "Who is heading this project?"

• verb:   form a head or come or grow to a head

  Example: "The wheat headed early this year"

• verb:   be in the front of or on top of

  Example: "The list was headed by the name of the president"

• verb:   be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

  Example: "This student heads the class"

• verb:   take its rise

  Example: "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

• verb:   remove the head of

  Example: "Head the fish"

• verb:   to go or travel towards

  Example: "Where is she heading"

• verb:   travel in front of; go in advance of others

  Example: "The procession was headed by John"

• verb:   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 8333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #962)