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|passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his '''head''' out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}} |
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## {{lb|en|people}} To do with heads. |
## {{lb|en|people}} To do with heads. |
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### [[mental|Mental]] or [[emotional]] [[aptitude]] or [[skill]]. |
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###: {{ux|en|He has no '''head''' for heights.}} |
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###: {{ux|en|It's all about having a good '''head''' on your shoulders.}} |
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### [[mind|Mind]]; one's own [[thought]]s. |
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###: {{ux|en|This song keeps going through my '''head'''.}} |
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|passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory '''heads''' as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}} |
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### The end of a [[nail]], [[screw]], [[bolt]]{{,}} or similar [[fastener]] which is opposite the [[point]]; usually [[blunt]] and relatively [[wide]]. |
### The end of a [[nail]], [[screw]], [[bolt]]{{,}} or similar [[fastener]] which is opposite the [[point]]; usually [[blunt]] and relatively [[wide]]. |
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###: {{ux|en|Hit the nail on the '''head'''!}} |
###: {{ux|en|Hit the nail on the '''head'''!}} |
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###: {{ant|en|point|[[sharp]] [[end]]|tip}} |
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### The [[sharp]] end of an [[arrow]], [[spear]]{{,}} or [[pointer]]. |
### The [[sharp]] end of an [[arrow]], [[spear]]{{,}} or [[pointer]]. |
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###: {{ux|en|The '''head''' of the compass needle is pointing due north.}} |
###: {{ux|en|The '''head''' of the compass needle is pointing due north.}} |
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## {{lb|en|British}} A [[headland]]. |
## {{lb|en|British}} A [[headland]]. |
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# {{lb|en|social|countable}} A leader or expert. |
# {{lb|en|social|countable}} A leader or expert. |
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## The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the [[front]]. |
## The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the [[front]]. |
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## A [[headmaster]] or [[headmistress]]. |
## A [[headmaster]] or [[headmistress]]. |
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##: {{ux|en|I was called into the '''head''''s office to discuss my behaviour.}} |
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##: {{syn|en|headmaster|headmistress|principal}} |
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## {{lb|en|music|slang}} A person with an extensive knowledge of [[hip hop]]. |
## {{lb|en|music|slang}} A person with an extensive knowledge of [[hip hop]]. |
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##: {{ux|en|Only true '''heads''' know this.}} |
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# {{lb|en|slang|uncountable}} [[fellatio|Fellatio]] or [[cunnilingus]]; [[oral sex]]. |
# {{lb|en|slang|uncountable}} [[fellatio|Fellatio]] or [[cunnilingus]]; [[oral sex]]. |
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#: {{ux|en|She gave great '''head'''.}} |
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# {{lb|en|slang}} The [[glans penis]]. |
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# {{lb|en|slang|countable}} A heavy or [[habitual]] user of [[illicit]] [[drug]]s. |
# {{lb|en|slang|countable}} A heavy or [[habitual]] user of [[illicit]] [[drug]]s. |
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* {{sense|part of the body}} {{l|en|caput}}; [[pate]], (slang) [[noggin]], {{lb|en|slang}} [[loaf]], (slang) [[nut]], (slang) [[noodle]], (slang) [[bonce]] |
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Revision as of 00:28, 18 February 2017
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English hed, heed, heved, heaved, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hēafod (“head; top; source, origin; chief, leader; capital”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput (“head”), a variant of *kapōlo (“head, bowl”).
Pronunciation
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head (countable and uncountable, plural heads)
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
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- (people) To do with heads.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The company is looking for people with good heads for business.
- He has no head for heights.
- It's all about having a good head on your shoulders.
- Synonym: mind
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- This song keeps going through my head.
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- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Thrown Away’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005 edition, page 18,
- he took them seriously, too, just as seriously as he took the ‘head’ that followed after drink.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Thrown Away’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005 edition, page 18,
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- a laced head; a head of hair
- An individual person.
- Admission is three dollars a head.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- But here we are obliged to disclose some maxims, which publicans hold to be the grand mysteries of their trade. […] And lastly, if any of their guests call but for little, to make them pay a double price for everything they have; so that the amount by the head may be much the same.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- (animals) To do with heads.
- (uncountable, measure word for livestock and game) A single animal.
- 200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses
- 12 head of big cattle and 14 head of branded calves
- at five years of age this head of cattle is worth perhaps $40
- a reduction in the assessment per head of sheep
- they shot 20 head of quail
- The population of game.
- we have a heavy head of deer this year; planting the hedges increased the head of quail and doves
- The antlers of a deer.
- (uncountable, measure word for livestock and game) A single animal.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- What does it say at the head of the page?
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- The end of a table.
- (countable) The principal operative part of a machine or tool.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Tap the head of the drum for this roll.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- (nautical) A leading component.
- (British) A headland.
- (social, countable) A leader or expert.
- Synonyms: boss, chief, leader
- Antonyms: subordinate, underling
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- an army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke Marlborough at the head of them
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- I'd like to speak to the head of the department.
- Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night.
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- A headmaster or headmistress.
- I was called into the head's office to discuss my behaviour.
- Synonyms: headmaster, headmistress, principal
- (music, slang) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- Only true heads know this.
- A significant or important part.
- A beginning or end, a protuberance.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The expedition followed the river all the way to the head.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- Give me a head of lettuce.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- I've got to go to the head.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- A component.
- A beginning or end, a protuberance.
- Headway; progress.
- We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.
- Topic; subject.
- We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.
- (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
- These isses are going to come to a head today.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into corruption.
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly make an end of me or of itself.
- (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Let the engine build up a good head of steam.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- 1936, Lee Duncan, Over The Wall, Dutton
- Then I saw the more advanced narcotic addicts, who shot unbelievable doses of powerful heroin in the main line – the vein of their arms; the hysien users; chloroform sniffers, who belonged to the riff-raff element of the dope chippeys, who mingled freely with others of their kind; canned heat stiffs, paragoric hounds, laudanum fiends, and last but not least, the veronal heads.
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- 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster, page 177,
- The hutch now looks like a “Turkish bath,” and the heads have their arms around one another, passing the pipe and snapping their fingers as they sing Smokey Robinson's “Tracks of My Tears” into the night.
- 1936, Lee Duncan, Over The Wall, Dutton
- (obsolete) Power; armed force.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Usage notes
- To give something its head is to allow it to run freely. This is used for horses, and, sometimes, figuratively for vehicles.
Synonyms
See also Wikisaurus:head, Wikisaurus:toilet, Wikisaurus:bathroom.
Derived terms
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Arrow and spear heads.
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Head of a hammer.
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Head of a metal spike.
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Head of the hip bone.
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Head of a ship.
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Head of a sail.
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Head of a pressurized cylinder.
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Head of a two-stroke engine.
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Hydraulic head between two points.
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A read-write head.
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Head of a guitar.
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Head of a drum.
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head (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
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- Placed at the top or the front.
- Coming from in front.
- head sea; head wind
- Antonym: tail
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head (third-person singular simple present heads, present participle heading, simple past and past participle headed)
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- Who heads the board of trustees?
- to head an army, an expedition, or a riot
- (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
- The salmon are first headed and then scaled.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- Adair
- A broad river, that heads in the great Blue Ridge.
- Adair
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- This kind of cabbage heads early.
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- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- to head trees
- (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
- To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
- to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship
- To set on the head.
- to head a cask
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