head

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , from , from , from. The modern word comes from Old English oblique stem hēafd-, the expected Modern English outcome for hēafod would be *heaved (similar to the Middle English word). .

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Noun

 * 1)  The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
 * 2)  To do with heads.
 * 3) Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
 * 4)  Mind; one's own thoughts.
 * 5) A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
 * 6) A headdress; a covering for the head.
 * 7)  An individual person.
 * 8)  To do with heads.
 * 9)   A single animal;.
 * 10) The population of game.
 * 11) The antlers of a deer.
 * 12)  The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
 * 13) The end of a table.
 * 14) The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
 * 15)  The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
 * 16)  The principal operative part of a machine or tool.
 * 17) The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
 * 18) The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
 * 19) The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
 * 20)  The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
 * 21)  A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
 * 22) A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
 * 23)  The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
 * 24)  The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
 * 25)  A milling head, a part of a  that houses the.
 * 26)  The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
 * 27)   The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
 * 28)   The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
 * 29)  The uppermost part of a valley.
 * 30)  Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
 * 31)  The end of an abscess where pus collects.
 * 32)  The headstock of a guitar.
 * 33)  A leading component.
 * 34) The top edge of a sail.
 * 35) The bow of a vessel.
 * 36)  A headland.
 * 37)  A leader or expert.
 * 38) The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
 * 39)  Leader; chief; mastermind.
 * 40)  A headteacher.
 * 41)  A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
 * 42) A significant or important part.
 * 43) A beginning or end, a protuberance.
 * 44) The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
 * 45) A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
 * 46) An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
 * 47) The leafy top part of a tree.
 * 48)  The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
 * 49)  The toilet of a ship.
 * 50)  Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
 * 51) * 1875,, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, vol. II, page 1086
 * Heads. (Roofing.) Tiles which are laid at the eaves of a house
 * 1) A component.
 * 2)  The principal melody or theme of a piece.
 * 3)  A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
 * 4) Headway; progress.
 * 5) Topic; subject.
 * 6)  Denouement; crisis.
 * 7) * 1712 October 18, anonymous letter in The Spectator, edited by, no. 513, collected in The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq, Birmingham: , published 1761, volume IV, page 10:
 * The indiſpoſition which has long hung upon me, is at laſt grown to ſuch an head, that it muſt quickly make an end of me, or of itſelf.
 * 1)   Pressure and energy.
 * 2)  A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
 * How much head do you have at the Glens Falls feeder dam?
 * 1) The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
 * 2) More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
 * 3)  Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
 * 4)  The glans penis.
 * 5)  A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
 * 6)  Power; armed force.
 * 1)  Leader; chief; mastermind.
 * 2)  A headteacher.
 * 3)  A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
 * 4) A significant or important part.
 * 5) A beginning or end, a protuberance.
 * 6) The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
 * 7) A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
 * 8) An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
 * 9) The leafy top part of a tree.
 * 10)  The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
 * 11)  The toilet of a ship.
 * 12)  Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
 * 13) * 1875,, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, vol. II, page 1086
 * Heads. (Roofing.) Tiles which are laid at the eaves of a house
 * 1) A component.
 * 2)  The principal melody or theme of a piece.
 * 3)  A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
 * 4) Headway; progress.
 * 5) Topic; subject.
 * 6)  Denouement; crisis.
 * 7) * 1712 October 18, anonymous letter in The Spectator, edited by, no. 513, collected in The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq, Birmingham: , published 1761, volume IV, page 10:
 * The indiſpoſition which has long hung upon me, is at laſt grown to ſuch an head, that it muſt quickly make an end of me, or of itſelf.
 * 1)   Pressure and energy.
 * 2)  A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
 * How much head do you have at the Glens Falls feeder dam?
 * 1) The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
 * 2) More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
 * 3)  Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
 * 4)  The glans penis.
 * 5)  A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
 * 6)  Power; armed force.
 * 1)  Denouement; crisis.
 * 2) * 1712 October 18, anonymous letter in The Spectator, edited by, no. 513, collected in The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq, Birmingham: , published 1761, volume IV, page 10:
 * The indiſpoſition which has long hung upon me, is at laſt grown to ſuch an head, that it muſt quickly make an end of me, or of itſelf.
 * 1)   Pressure and energy.
 * 2)  A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
 * How much head do you have at the Glens Falls feeder dam?
 * 1) The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
 * 2) More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
 * 3)  Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
 * 4)  The glans penis.
 * 5)  A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
 * 6)  Power; armed force.
 * 1) More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
 * 2)  Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
 * 3)  The glans penis.
 * 4)  A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
 * 5)  Power; armed force.
 * 1)  Power; armed force.
 * 1)  Power; armed force.
 * 1)  Power; armed force.
 * 1)  Power; armed force.

Usage notes

 * To is to allow it to run freely. This is used for horses (as the horse has a mind of its own and is being given free rein to heed it), and, sometimes, figuratively for vehicles.

Synonyms

 * ;, ,  ,  ,  , bonce
 * , headmistress, principal
 * See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom
 * See also Thesaurus:head
 * , headmistress, principal
 * See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom
 * See also Thesaurus:head
 * See also Thesaurus:head
 * See also Thesaurus:head
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Antonyms

 * ,, , foot, tail
 * , end, tip
 * , end, tip

Adjective

 * Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kapa
 * Finnish: pää-
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: માથુ
 * Hindi: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 頭の
 * Kabuverdianu: kabesa
 * Latin: cacumen,
 * Norwegian: hode-
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: hlavový
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: compounds with
 * Turkish: ,

Verb

 * 1)   To be in command of. (See also .)
 * 2)  To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
 * 3)  To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
 * 4)  To move in a specified direction.
 * 5)  To remove the head from (a fish).
 * 6)  To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
 * 7)  To form a head.
 * 8)   To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
 * 9)  To cut off the top of; to lop off.
 * 10)  To behead; to decapitate.
 * 11) To go in front of.
 * 12) To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
 * 13)  To check or restrain.
 * 14) To set on the head.
 * 1)  To remove the head from (a fish).
 * 2)  To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
 * 3)  To form a head.
 * 4)   To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
 * 5)  To cut off the top of; to lop off.
 * 6)  To behead; to decapitate.
 * 7) To go in front of.
 * 8) To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
 * 9)  To check or restrain.
 * 10) To set on the head.
 * 1)  To form a head.
 * 2)   To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
 * 3)  To cut off the top of; to lop off.
 * 4)  To behead; to decapitate.
 * 5) To go in front of.
 * 6) To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
 * 7)  To check or restrain.
 * 8) To set on the head.
 * 1) To go in front of.
 * 2) To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
 * 3)  To check or restrain.
 * 4) To set on the head.
 * 1) To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
 * 2)  To check or restrain.
 * 3) To set on the head.
 * 1)  To check or restrain.
 * 2) To set on the head.

Translations

 * Basque: zuzendu
 * Belarusian: узнача́льваць, ачо́льваць
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, konduki, gvidi, ĉefi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , , die Leitung innehaben, die Führung innehaben, an der Spitze stehen
 * Guaraní: myakã
 * Hebrew: עמד בראש
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: leiða
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: commandar, diriger, leaderar
 * Japanese: 指導する
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: viesť
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: очо́лювати, очо́лити


 * German:, vorangehen, sich an der Spitze befinden, die Spitze bilden, an der Spitze stehen, sich ganz vorne befinden
 * Hungarian: élen/élén áll


 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: kapfrapi
 * Faroese: stúta, skalla
 * Finnish:
 * French: faire une tête
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: skalla
 * Japanese: ヘディングする, 頭突きする
 * Luxembourgish: käppen
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: hlavičkovať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Arabic: اِتَّجَهَ
 * Basque: zuzendu
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: отправям се
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: zich begeven (naar/richting), op weg zijn (naar/richting), onderweg zijn (naar)
 * Esperanto:, celiri, direktiĝi
 * Finnish:, , lähteä johonkin, kulkea kohti, matkata kohti
 * French:, ,
 * German: gehen (nach/in Richtung), fahren (nach/in Richtung), sich bewegen (nach/in Richtung), ziehen (nach/in Richtung),
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: עשה את דרכו
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: stefna,
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: diriger se
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Malay: menuju
 * Maori: ahu, naka, neke
 * Polish:, brać azymut, wziąć azymut
 * Portuguese: dirigir-se, encaminhar-se, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, попрямува́ти, направля́тися, напра́витися


 * Esperanto: senkapigi
 * Finnish: poistaa pää
 * German:, den Kopf entfernen
 * Icelandic: hausa, afhausa


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: fonti
 * Finnish: saada alkunsa
 * German:, seinen Ursprung nehmen
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Esperanto: kapumi, kapi
 * Finnish: muodostaa kaalinpää
 * German: einen Kopf bilden


 * Esperanto: kapizi
 * Finnish: tehdä pää


 * Esperanto: senkapigi
 * Finnish:
 * German:, die Spitze abschneiden


 * Esperanto: antaŭi
 * German:, vor (einem/etwas) gehen
 * Portuguese:


 * Esperanto: alfronti
 * Finnish:
 * German:, in die Quere kommen


 * Finnish: nostaa pystyyn
 * German: auf den Kopf setzen


 * Esperanto:

Etymology 2
From, from , from , derived from the noun. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Foremost in rank or importance.
 * 2) Placed at the top or the front.
 * 3) Coming from in front.
 * 1) Placed at the top or the front.
 * 2) Coming from in front.

Translations

 * Ancient Greek: ἀρχι-
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: ĉefa
 * Finnish: pää-
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: hoved-
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: gláven
 * Swabian: Haubd-
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Esperanto: antaŭa
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 先頭の
 * Norwegian: leder-,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: gláven
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: à cabeça
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: