| NOUN | body | head, caput | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals |
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| animal | head | a single domestic animal | |
| cognition | head, mind, brain, psyche, nous | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings | |
| person | head, chief, top dog | a person who is in charge | |
| group | head | the front of a military formation or procession | |
| phenomenon | head | the pressure exerted by a fluid | |
| location | head | the top of something | |
| location | head, fountainhead, headspring | the source of water from which a stream arises | |
| communication | head, head word | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent | |
| state | head | the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) | |
| quantity | head | the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head | |
| plant | head, capitulum | a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | |
| person | head, principal, school principal, head teacher | the educator who has executive authority for a school | |
| person | head | an individual person | |
| person | head | a user of (usually soft) drugs | |
| object | head, promontory, headland, foreland | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | |
| object | head | a rounded compact mass | |
| object | head | the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid / liquid into a container | |
| location | head, forefront | the part in the front or nearest the viewer | |
| event | head, pass, straits | a difficult juncture | |
| event | head, headway | forward movement | |
| communication | head, point | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | |
| communication | head, question | the subject matter at issue | |
| communication | head, heading, header | a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | |
| body | head | the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint | |
| body | head | that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves | |
| artifact | head, read/write head | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk | |
| artifact | head | (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head | |
| artifact | head | the striking part of a tool | |
| artifact | head | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship | |
| artifact | head | a projection out from one end | |
| artifact | head, drumhead | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum | |
| act | head, oral sex | oral stimulation of the genitals | |
| VERB | motion | head | to go or travel towards |
| social | head, lead | be in charge of | |
| motion | head, lead | travel in front of | |
| stative | head, head up | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | |
| motion | head, steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise | direct the course | |
| stative | head | take its rise | |
| stative | head | be in the front of or on top of | |
| stative | head | form a head or come or grow to a head | |
| contact | head | remove the head of |
| Sounds | hheh'd | |
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| Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... | |
| Meaning | A single domestic animal. | |
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| Example | "200 head of cattle" | |
| Broader | domestic animal, domesticated animal | Any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
| Spanish | cabeza | |
| Catalan | cap | |
| Meaning | That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason. | |
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| Example | "I couldn't get his words out of my head" | |
| Synonyms | mind, brain, psyche, nous | |
| Narrower | ego | (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind |
| noddle | An informal British expression for head / head or mind / mind | |
| subconscious mind, subconscious | psychic activity just below the level of awareness | |
| tabula rasa | A young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke) | |
| unconscious mind, unconscious | That part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware | |
| Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis | The psychological result of perception / perception and learning and reasoning |
| Spanish | cabeza, cerebro, mente, nous, psique | |
| Catalan | cap, cervell, ment, nous, psique | |
| Meaning | A person who is in charge. | |
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| Example | "the head of the whole operation" | |
| Synonyms | chief, top dog | |
| Narrower | administrator, decision maker | someone who administers a business |
| administrator, executive | someone who manages a government ... / government agency or department | |
| capo | The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate | |
| department head | The head of a department | |
| don, father | The head of an organized crime family | |
| general, superior general | The head of a religious order or congregation | |
| general manager | The highest ranking manager | |
| grand dragon | A high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan | |
| head of household | The head of a household or family or tribe | |
| secretary | A person who is head of an administrative department of government | |
| Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
| Spanish | cabeza, jefe, líder, responsable | |
| Catalan | cap, responsable | |
| Nouns | headship | the position of head |
| Verbs | head | be in charge of |
| head | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | |
| Meaning | The front of a military formation or procession. | |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Broader | formation | An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |
| Opposite | rear | The back of a military formation or procession |
| Spanish | vanguardia | |
| Adjectives | heady | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences |
| Verbs | head | to go or travel towards |
| head | direct the course | |
| head | travel in front of | |
| head | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | |
| Meaning | The pressure exerted by a fluid. | |
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| Example | "a head of steam" | |
| Broader | pressure, pressure level, force per unit area | The force applied to a unit area of surface |
| Meaning | The top of something. | |
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| Broader | top | The upper part of anything |
| Opposite | foot | The lower part of anything |
| Spanish | cabecera, cabeza, principio | |
| Catalan | capçalera, cap, principi | |
| Verbs | head | be in the front of or on top of |
| Meaning | The source of water from which a stream arises. | |
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| Example | "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" | |
| Synonyms | fountainhead, headspring | |
| Broader | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source | The place where something begins, where it springs into being |
| Spanish | manantial | |
| Catalan | deu | |
| Meaning | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent. | |
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| Synonym | head word | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Meaning | The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates). | |
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| Part of | abscess | symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue |
| Broader | point, tip, peak | A V shape |
| Spanish | cabeza | |
| Meaning | The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head. | |
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| Broader | linear unit, linear measure | A unit of measurement of length |
| Meaning | A dense cluster of flowers or foliage. | |
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| Synonym | capitulum | |
| Broader | plant organ | A functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
| Meaning | The educator who has executive authority for a school. | |
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| Synonyms | principal, school principal, head teacher | |
| Narrower | chancellor | The honorary or titular head of a university / university |
| headmaster, schoolmaster, master | presiding officer of a school | |
| headmistress | A woman headmaster | |
| Broader | educator, pedagogue, pedagog | someone who educates young people |
| Spanish | directora, director | |
| Catalan | directora, director | |
| Nouns | headship | the position of head |
| headship | the position of headmaster or headmistress | |
| Meaning | An individual person. | |
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| Example | "tickets are $5 per head" | |
| Broader | individual | A single organism |
| Meaning | A user of (usually soft) drugs. | |
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| Example | "the office was full of secret heads" | |
| Narrower | acid head | someone who takes LSD |
| hash head | A user of hashish | |
| pill head | A consumer of amphetamine pills | |
| pothead | someone who smokes marijuana habitually | |
| Broader | drug user, substance abuser, user | A person who takes drugs |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | A rounded compact mass. | |
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| Example | "the head of a comet" | |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
| Spanish | cabeza | |
| Meaning | The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid / liquid into a container. | |
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| Example | "the beer had a large head of foam" | |
| Broader | foam, froth | A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid / liquid |
| Meaning | The part in the front or nearest the viewer. | |
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| Example | "he was at the head of the column" | |
| Synonym | forefront | |
| Broader | front, front end, forepart | The side that is forward or prominent |
| Spanish | cabeza, frente, primera fila, primer plano, vanguardia | |
| Verbs | head | to go or travel towards |
| head | direct the course | |
| head | travel in front of | |
| head | be in the front of or on top of | |
| head | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | |
| Meaning | A difficult juncture. | |
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| Example | "matters came to a head yesterday" | |
| Synonyms | pass, straits | |
| Broader | juncture, occasion | An event that occurs at a critical time |
| Spanish | apuro, límite, punto álgido | |
| Meaning | Forward movement. | |
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| Example | "the ship made little headway against the gale" | |
| Synonym | headway | |
| Broader | progress, progression, advance | A movement forward |
| Verbs | head | to go or travel towards |
| head | direct the course | |
| head | travel in front of | |
| Meaning | A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer. | |
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| Synonym | point | |
| Part of | arrow, pointer | A mark to indicate a direction or relation |
| Broader | mark | A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) |
| Spanish | punta | |
| Catalan | punta | |
| Meaning | The subject matter at issue. | |
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| Example | "under the head of minor Roman poets" | |
| Synonym | question | |
| Narrower | problem | A question raised for consideration or solution |
| question of fact, matter of fact | A disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide | |
| question of law, matter of law | A disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide | |
| Broader | subject, topic, theme | The subject matter of a conversation or discussion |
| Spanish | aspecto, asunto, cuestión, encabezado, materia, tema, titular, tópico | |
| Catalan | aspecte, qüestió | |
| Meaning | A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about. | |
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| Example | "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" | |
| Synonyms | heading, header | |
| Narrower | crossheading, crosshead | A heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text |
| headline, newspaper headline | The heading or caption of a newspaper article | |
| lemma | The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry | |
| rubric | A title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type | |
| running head, running headline | A heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book | |
| subheading, subhead | A heading of a subdivision of a text / text | |
| title, statute title, rubric | A heading that names a statute or legislative bill | |
| Broader | line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen |
| Spanish | encabezamiento | |
| Catalan | encapçalament | |
| Meaning | The rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint. | |
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| Example | "the head of the humerus" | |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Meaning | That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves. | |
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| Part of | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Meaning | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk. | |
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| Synonym | read/write head | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Broader | coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
| Meaning | (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head. | |
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| Example | "call heads or tails!" | |
| Part of | coin | A flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
| Broader | obverse | The side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design |
| Opposite | tail | (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head / head |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | cara | |
| Catalan | cara | |
| Meaning | The striking part of a tool. | |
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| Example | "the head of the hammer" | |
| Part of | hammer | A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle |
| ram | A tool for driving or forcing something by impact | |
| Parts | face | The striking or working surface of an implement |
| Narrower | golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball |
| hammerhead | The striking part of a hammer | |
| Broader | striker | The part of a mechanical device that strikes something |
| Spanish | cabeza | |
| Meaning | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship. | |
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| Broader | toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom | A room or building equipped with one or more toilets |
| Spanish | lavabo de proa | |
| Meaning | A projection out from one end. | |
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| Example | "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin" | |
| Part of | bolt | A screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener |
| nail | A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | |
| pin | A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things | |
| screw | A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | |
| Narrower | pinhead | The head of a pin |
| Broader | projection | Any structure that branches out from a central support |
| Spanish | cabeza | |
| Catalan | cap | |
| Meaning | A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum. | |
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| Synonym | drumhead | |
| Part of | drum, membranophone, tympan | A musical percussion instrument |
| Broader | membrane | A thin pliable sheet / sheet of material |
| Spanish | parche de tambor, parche, témpano | |
| Catalan | pedac de tambor | |
| Meaning | oral stimulation of the genitals. | |
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| Example | "they say he gives good head" | |
| Synonym | oral sex | |
| Narrower | cunnilingus, cunnilinctus | oral stimulation / stimulation of the vulva or clitoris |
| fellatio, fellation | oral stimulation / stimulation of the penis | |
| soixante-neuf, sixty-nine | oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people | |
| Broader | perversion, sexual perversion | An aberrant sexual practice |
| Spanish | sexo oral | |
| Catalan | sexe oral | |
| Meaning | To go or travel towards. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | They head up the hill | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | take, make | head into a specified direction |
| Broader | proceed, go forward, continue | Move ahead |
| Spanish | dirigirse | |
| Nouns | head | forward movement |
| head | the front of a military formation or procession | |
| head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer | |
| heading | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | |
| Meaning | Be in charge of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Who is heading this project?" | |
| Synonym | lead | |
| Narrower | captain | Be the captain of a sports team |
| chair, chairman | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | |
| spearhead | Be the leader of | |
| take hold, take charge, take control | assume / assume control | |
| Broader | direct | Be in charge of |
| Spanish | dirigir, encabezar, liderar | |
| Catalan | dirigir, encapçalar, liderar | |
| Nouns | head | a person who is in charge |
| Meaning | Travel in front of; go in advance of others. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The procession was headed by John" | |
| Synonym | lead | |
| Narrower | draw away | Move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race |
| Broader | precede, lead | Move ahead / ahead (of others) in time or space |
| Similar to | head, head up | Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel |
| Spanish | encabezar | |
| Catalan | encapçalar | |
| Nouns | head | forward movement |
| head | the front of a military formation or procession | |
| head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer | |
| Meaning | Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This student heads the class" | |
| Synonym | head up | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Similar to | lead, head | Travel in front of |
| Spanish | encabezar | |
| Nouns | head | the front of a military formation or procession |
| head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer | |
| head | a person who is in charge | |
| Meaning | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise | |
| Narrower | channel | direct the flow of |
| conn | Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane | |
| corner, tree | Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | |
| crab | direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind | |
| dock | Maneuver into a dock | |
| helm | Be at or take the helm of | |
| navigate, pilot | act as the navigator / navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance | |
| navigate | direct carefully and safely | |
| park | maneuver a vehicle into a parking space | |
| pull over | Steer a vehicle to the side of the road | |
| sheer | Cause to sheer | |
| stand out | Steer away from shore, of ships | |
| starboard | Turn to the right, of helms or rudders | |
| Broader | control, command | Exercise authoritative control or power over |
| Spanish | apuntar, canalizar, dirigir, encaminar, guiar, indicar, liderar, maniobrar | |
| Catalan | apuntar, dirigir, encaminar, guiar, liderar, maniobrar | |
| Nouns | head | forward movement |
| head | the front of a military formation or procession | |
| head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer | |
| heading | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | |
| Meaning | Take its rise. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" | |
| Broader | originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow | Come into existence |
| Meaning | Be in the front of or on top of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The list was headed by the name of the president" | |
| Narrower | crown | form the topmost part of |
| surmount | Be on top of | |
| Broader | lie | Be located or situated somewhere |
| Spanish | encabezar, liderar | |
| Catalan | encapçalar, escapçar, liderar | |
| Nouns | head | the top of something |
| head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer | |
| heading, header | a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | |
| Meaning | form a head or come or grow to a head. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The wheat headed early this year" | |
| Broader | form | assume a form or shape |
| Meaning | Remove the head of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "head the fish" | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
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