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English [ ] Etymology [ ] Middle English hed Old English hēafod Proto-Germanic *xauƀuðan (cf. Dutch hoofd Haupt huvud Proto-Indo-European *káput 'head' (cf. Irish ceann Latin caput kabúc chala 'nape hair, shorthairs'), variant of Proto-Indo-European *kapōlo 'head, bowl' (cf. Old English hafola kapāla 'cup, bowl, skull').
Pronunciation [ ] Noun [ ] Wikipedia
Head (s)
( countable ) 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. ( uncountable ) Mental or emotional aptitude or skill .
The company is looking for somebody with a good head for business. He has no head for heights. ( countable ) Mind ; one's own thoughts .
This song keeps going through my head . ( countable ) topmost , foremost , or leading part.
What does it say on the head of the page? The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table.
Template:Billiards The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked .( countable ) principal operative part of a machine.The end of a hammer , axe , 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 .
Hit the nail on the head !
The sharp end of an arrow , spear , or pointer .
The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.
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 .
Template:Rfc-sense The front, as of a queue .
Because you got them all right, you can go to the head . Headway ; progress .
We are having a difficult time making head against this wind. The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages .
Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head .
Template:Lacrosse The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball .( countable ) 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. A headmaster or headmistress .
I was called into the head' s office to discuss my behaviour.
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.
A clump of leaves or flowers ; a capitulum .
Give me a head of lettuce.
( anatomy ) joint .An individual person .
Admission is three dollars a head .
( uncountable , measure word for livestock and game ) 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
Topic; subject .
We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.
( linguistics ) 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.Template:Jazz The principal melody or theme of a piece.( British , ) geological succession .( medicine ) abscess where pus collects.( uncountable ) denouement ; crisis
These isses are going to come to a head today. 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.
( music ) headstock of a guitar .( music ) drum head , the membrane which is hit to produce sound .
Tap the head of the drum for this roll. Template:Engineering The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel .Template:Automotive The cylinder head , a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine , containing the valves and spark plugs .A buildup of fluid pressure , often quantified as pressure head .
Let the engine build up a good head of steam.
Template:Fluid dynamics The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.Template:Fluid dynamics More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight .Template:Nautical The top of a sail .Template:Nautical The bow of a nautical vessel.Template:Nautical The toilet of a ship .
I've got to go to the head . ( uncountable , slang ) Fellatio or cunnilingus ; oral sex
She gave great head . ( slang ) glans penis .( countable , slang ) habitual user of illicit drugs .
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. ( British ) headland .Quotations [ ] For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page . See also [ ]
Head of a pressurized cylinder.
Head of a two-stroke engine.
Hydraulic head between two points.
Synonyms [ ] ( part of the body ) : caput ; (slang) noggin , ( slang ) loaf , (slang) nut , (slang) noodle , (slang) bonce ( mental aptitude or talent ) : mind ( mental or emotional control ) : composure , poise ( topmost part of anything ) : top ( leader ) : boss , chief , leader ( headmaster, ) : headmaster (male ), headmistress (female ), principal (US )( toilet of a ship ) : lavatory , toilet ( top of a sail ) : ( foam on carbonated beverages ) : ( fellatio ) : blowjob , blow job , fellatio , oral sex ( end of tool used for striking ) : ( blunt end of fastener ) : See also Wikisaurus:head Antonyms [ ] ( topmost part of anything ) : base , bottom , underside ( leader ) : subordinate , underling ( blunt end of fastener ) : point , sharp end, tip Usage notes [ ] To give something its head Derived terms [ ]
Terms derived from the noun head
Translations [ ]
part of the body
Afrikaans : kop af (af) Ainu : サパ (sapa), パケ (pake)Alabama : isbakko Albanian: kokë sq (sq) f.
Arabic: رأس f. رئيس m.
Armenian: գլուխ hy (hy) (glux)
Aromanian : [[cap#Template:Rup |cap ]]Azeri : baş az (az) Bashkir : баш Basque : buru , kasko , gazta eu (eu) Belarusian: галава be (be) (halavá) f. halava be (be) f.
Bengali: [[মাথা#Template:Bn |মাথা ]] (māthā)
Bosnian: glava bs (bs) f.
Breton : penn br (br) m. pl. Bulgarian: глава bg (bg) f.
Catalan : cap ca (ca) m. Chamicuro : kashki Chechen : корта Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎪᎵ chr (chr) (asgoli)
Chickasaw : ishkobo Chinese: 頭 , 头 (tóu), 頭腦 , 头脑 (tóunǎo)
Chuvash : пуҫ Coptic : [[ⲁⲡⲉ#Template:Cop |Template:Copt ]] (ape)Crimean Tatar : baş Croatian: glava hr (hr) f.
Czech: hlava cs (cs) f.
Dolgan : [[бас#Template:Dlg |бас ]] (bas)Dutch: ( of person or horse ) hoofd nl (nl) n. ( of an animal ) kop nl (nl) m.
Egyptian : [[ḏȝḏȝ#Template:Egy |Template:Egyp ]]
<hiero>DA-DA-D1-Z1</hiero> Estonian: pea et (et)
Evenki : [[дыл#Template:Evn |дыл ]] (dyl)Ewe : ta Finnish: pää fi (fi) , nuppi fi (fi)
French: tête fr (fr) f.
Gagauz : [[baş#Template:Gag |baş ]]Georgian: თავი ka (ka) (t’avi)
German: Kopf de (de) m. Haupt de (de) n. ( rarely used )
Greek: κεφάλι el (el) (kefáli) n. κεφαλή el (el) (kefalí) f. Ancient Greek : κεφαλή (kefalí) f.
Guaraní : akã Guugu Yimidhirr : ngaabaay , gambuugu , gudyiir Hawaiian: poʻo
Hebrew: ראש he (he) (rosh) m.
Hungarian: fej hu (hu)
Icelandic: höfuð n. ( less formal ) haus m.
Ido : kapo Ilocano : ulo Indonesian: kepala id (id) , hulu id (id)
Interlingua : capite Irish: ceann ga (ga) m.
Italian: testa it (it) f. capo it (it) m.
Japanese: 頭 ja (ja) (あたま , atama)
Kalmyk : [[толһа#Template:Xal |толһа ]] (tolgha)Karachay-Balkar : [[баш#Template:Krc |баш ]] (baş)Kashubian : głowa csb (csb) f. Kazakh: бас kk (kk) (bas), кәллә kk (kk) (källä)
Khakas : [[пас#Template:Kjh |пас ]] (pas)Kikuyu : kyongo Korean: 머리 (meori)
Koryak : [[лэвʼыт#Template:Kpy |лэвʼыт ]] (lewət)Kumyk : [[баш#Template:Kum |баш ]] (baş)Kurdish: ser ku (ku) , سهر ku (ku)
Kyrgyz : баш ky (ky) (baş)Lao : ຫົວ lo (lo) (hua)Latin: caput la (la) n.
Latvian: galva lv (lv) f.
Lithuanian: galva lt (lt) f.
Low Saxon : kopp Lower Sorbian : głowa f. Luhya : kumurwe Luo : wich
Macedonian : глава mk (mk) (gláva) f. Malay: kepala ms (ms)
Malayalam : തല (thala)Maltese: ras mt (mt)
Mandinka : kuŋo Manx : kione gv (gv) m. Maori: māhunga , māhuna , mātenga , pane , upoko , uru
Mapudungun : longko , logko Mongolian: толгой mn (mn) (tolgoj)
Nanticoke : [[neelahammon#Template:Nnt |neelahammon ]]Navajo: bitsiiʼ
Neapolitan : capuzzèlla , capucchióne , càpa f. Nogai : [[бас#Template:Nog |бас ]] (bas)Norwegian: hode no (no) n.
Nottoway-Meherrin : [[setarake#Template:Nwy |setarake ]]Occitan : cap oc (oc) m. tèsta oc (oc) f. Ojibwe : oshtigwaan Old Church Slavonic :
Cyrillic: [[глава#Old Church Slavonic|Template:Cyrs ]] (glava) f.
Glagolitic: [[ⰃⰎⰀⰂⰀ#Old Church Slavonic|Template:Glag ]] (glava) f. Old English : hēafod ang (ang) n. hafela ang (ang) m. Old French : teste chief Old Irish : [[cenn#Template:Sga |cenn ]] n. Old Prussian : gallū f. galwo f. Persian: سَر کله fa (fa) (kalla/kalle) (abusive)
Pitjantjatjara : kata Polabian : glåvă f. Polish: głowa pl (pl) f.
Portuguese: cabeça pt (pt) f.
Powhatan : [[mendabuccah#Template:Pim |mendabuccah ]]Quechua : uma qu (qu) Rohingya : matá Romanian: cap ro (ro) m.
Russia Buryat : [[толгай#Template:Bxr |толгай ]] (tolgaj)Russian: голова ru (ru) (golová) f.
Sardinian : conca f. Scots : heid , pow Scottish Gaelic : ceann gd (gd) m. Serbian:
Cyrillic: глава sr (sr) f.
Roman: glava sr (sr) f.
Shor : [[паш#Template:Cjs |паш ]] (paş), [[пас#Template:Cjs |пас ]] (pas)Sicilian : [[testa#Template:Scn |testa ]] f. Template:Scn |capa ]] f. Slovak: hlava sk (sk) f.
Slovene: glava sl (sl) f. buča sl (sl)
Sotho : hlooho st (st) Southern Altai : [[баш#Template:Alt |баш ]] (baş)Spanish: cabeza es (es) f.
Swahili: kichwa (nc 7/8)
Swedish: huvud sv (sv) n. skalle sv (sv) c.
Tagalog : ulo Tajik : сар tg (tg) (sar), калла tg (tg) (kalla)Taos : p’ínemą Tatar : баш tt (tt) , baş tt (tt) Telugu : తల te (te) (tala)Tofa : [[баъш#Template:Kim |баъш ]] (bàş)Tupinambá : akanga Turkish: baş tr (tr)
Turkmen: baş tk (tk)
Tutelo : [[pasui#Template:Tta |pasui ]]Tuvan : [[баш#Template:Tyv |баш ]] (bàş)Ukrainian: голова uk (uk) (holová) f.
Upper Sorbian : hłowa f. Uzbek: bosh uz (uz) , kalla uz (uz)
Vietnamese: đầu vi (vi)
Warlpiri : walu Welsh: pen cy (cy) m.
West Frisian : holle fy (fy) c. kop fy (fy) c. Xhosa : intloko Yakut : [[бас#Template:Sah |бас ]] (bas), [[тебе#Template:Sah |тебе ]] (tebe)Yiddish: קאָפּ yi (yi) (kop) m.
mental aptitude or talent
Greek: κεφάλι (kefáli) n. μυαλό (mialó) n.
Norwegian: hode no (no) n. evne no (no) m.
Swedish: huvud sv (sv) n. förmåga sv (sv) c.
mental or emotional control
Greek: αυτοκυριαρχία (aftokiriarkhia) f.
Swedish: huvud sv (sv) n. fattning sv (sv) c.
topmost part of anything
Arabic: رأس m. and f.
Armenian: գլուխ hy (hy) (glux)
German: Spitze de (de) f. Oberende de (de) n. Kopf de (de) m. Dach de (de) n. fig. )
Greek: κεφαλή el (el) (kefalí) f. κεφάλι el (el) (kefáli) n.
Norwegian: topp no (no) m.
Persian: سر fa (fa) (sar), فراز fa (fa) (farâz), نوک fa (fa) (nok)
Spanish: punta es (es) f.
Swedish: spets c. topp c. övre ända c. -huvud n.
Telugu : శీర్షము (Seershamu)
leader or chief
Arabic: رأس m. رئيس m.
Armenian: գլխավոր (glxavor), ղեկավար (ġekavar), պետ (pet), գլուխ hy (hy) (glux)
Basque : buruzagi , buru , nagusi Breton : penn m. pl. Crimean Tatar : baş Czech: hlava cs (cs) f.
Dutch: hoofd nl (nl) n. baas nl (nl) m. bazin nl (nl) f. leider nl (nl) m. leidster nl (nl) f. chef nl (nl) m. cheffin nl (nl) f. not used often )
Finnish: johtaja fi (fi) , päällikkö fi (fi)
French: chef fr (fr) m.
German: Oberhaupt de (de) n. Haupt de (de) n. Kopf de (de) m.
Greek: κεφαλή (kefalí) f. κεφάλι (kefáli) n. αρχηγός (arkhigos) m.
Guaraní : mburuvicha Indonesian: kepala id (id) , pemimpin id (id)
Interlingua : chef , leader Japanese: 指導者 (しどうしゃ, shidōsha), 頭 (かしら , kashira)
Kurdish: serok , سهرۆک سهرگهوره
Lithuanian: galva f. vadovas m. vadovė f.
Low Saxon : baas m. and f. Maltese: kap mt (mt) m. kapa mt (mt) f.
Meru : munene Norwegian: leder no (no) m. sjef no (no) m.
Persian: رهبر fa (fa) (rahbar), سالار fa (fa) (sâlâr), سر fa (fa) (sar)
Polish: kierownik pl (pl) m. kierowniczka pl (pl) f.
Portuguese: chefe pt (pt) m. and f. cabeça pt (pt) m. líder pt (pt) m. and f.
Romanian: şef ro (ro) m.
Russian: глава ru (ru) (glavá) m. and f.
Slovene: poglavar sl (sl) , vodja sl (sl) m.
Spanish: cabeza es (es) f. jefe es (es) m. líder es (es) m.
Swahili: mkuu (nc 1/2)
Swedish: ledare sv (sv) c. chef sv (sv) c. direktör sv (sv) c. föreståndare sv (sv) c.
Tatar : баш Telugu : నాయకుడు (naayakuDu)Tupinambá : porubixaba , ubixaba (t-)Welsh: pen cy (cy) m.
headmaster, headmistress
Arabic: رئيس m.
Crimean Tatar : baş Dutch: hoofdmeester nl (nl)
Finnish: rehtori fi (fi) , johtajaopettaja fi (fi)
German: Leiter de (de) m. Leiterin de (de) f. Rektor de (de) m. Rektorin de (de) f. Direktor de (de) m. Direktorin de (de) f.
Greek: διευθυντής (diefthintis) m. διευθύντρια (diefthintria) f.
Kurdish: serperişt ku (ku)
Maltese: surmast mt (mt) m. madam mt (mt) f.
Norwegian: rektor no (no) m.
Spanish: director es (es) m. directora es (es) f.
Swedish: rektor sv (sv) c.
Telugu : ప్రధానోపాధ్యాయుడు (pradhaanOpaadhyaayuDu), ప్రధానోపాధ్యాయురాలు (pradhaanOpaadhyaayuraalu)
toilet of a ship
German: Abtritt de (de) m. (military)
Russian: гальюн ru (ru) (gal’jún) m.
foam on carbonated beverages
German: Blume de (de) f. Krone de (de) f. Schaumkrone de (de) f.
Norwegian: skum no (no) n.
Swedish: bornyr sv (sv) c. fradga sv (sv) c. skum sv (sv) n.
end of hammer, etc.
Finnish: hamara fi (fi)
German: Kopf de (de) m.
Kurdish: ser ku (ku)
Lithuanian: galva lt (lt) f.
Norwegian: hode no (no) n.
Russian: головка ru (ru) (golóvka) f.
Spanish: cabeza es (es) f.
Swedish: huvud sv (sv) n.
the blunt end of a nail, etc.
Czech: hlava cs (cs) f.
Finnish: kanta fi (fi) , pää fi (fi)
German: Kopf de (de) m.
Kurdish: ser ku (ku)
Lithuanian: galvutė f.
Norwegian: hode no (no) n.
Russian: головка ru (ru) (golóvka) f.
Spanish: cabeza es (es) f.
Swedish: huvud sv (sv) n.
Adjective [ ] Head (not comparable )
Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
Foremost in rank or importance.
The head cook.
Placed at the top or the front.
Coming from in front.
head seahead wind Synonyms [ ] ( foremost in rank or importance ) : chief , principal ( placed at the top or the front ) : first , top Antonyms [ ] ( coming from in front ) : tail Translations [ ]
of, relating to, or intended for the head
German: Kopf -
Greek: κεφαλο - (kefalo)
Italian: di testa
Norwegian: hode- no (no)
Russian: головной ru (ru) (golovnój)
Swedish: huvud -
Turkish: kafa -
foremost in rank or importance
Ancient Greek : ἀρχι- (archi)Finnish: pää- fi (fi)
German: Haupt -
Hebrew: ראש (rosh)
Norwegian: hoved- no (no)
Russian: главный ru (ru) (glávnyj)
Slovene: gláven sl (sl)
Swedish: huvud- sv (sv) , främst sv (sv) , först sv (sv) , topp- sv (sv)
placed at the top or the front
Hebrew: ראש (rosh)
Norwegian: leder- no (no) , første no (no)
Russian: передний ru (ru) (p'er'édnij), верхний ru (ru) (v'érχnij)
Slovene: gláven sl (sl)
Swedish: främst sv (sv) , först sv (sv)
coming from in front
Finnish: vasta- fi (fi)
Russian: встречный ru (ru) (vstr'éčnyj)
slang : of, relating to, or for drugs or drug users
Verb [ ]
Infinitiveto Head
Third person singular
Simple past
Past participle
Present participle
to Head (third-person singular simple present - , present participle - , simple past and past participle - )
( transitive ) head up
Who heads the board of trustees? ( transitive ) to head the ball ( intransitive ) direction . heading towards something
We are going to head up North for our holiday. We will head off head out West, or head to Chicago. Right now I need to head into town to do some shopping. I'm fed up working for a boss. I'm going to head out on my own, set up my own business. Template:Fishing To remove the head from a fish.
The salmon are first headed and then scaled. Derived terms [ ] Translations [ ]
(transitive) be in command of
Basque : zuzendu Breton : ren Dutch: leiden nl (nl) , aanvoeren nl (nl)
Finnish: johtaa fi (fi)
French: commander fr (fr) , diriger fr (fr)
German: führen de (de) , leiten de (de)
Hebrew: עמד בראש (amad b’rosh)
Indonesian: memimpin id (id)
Interlingua : commandar , diriger , leaderar
Japanese: 指導する (しどうする, shidō-surú)
Kurdish: birêvebirin ku (ku)
Low Saxon : kommandeern , dat Seggen hebbenPolish: kierować pl (pl)
Portuguese: comandar pt (pt) , dirigir pt (pt) , liderar pt (pt)
Russian: возглавлять ru (ru) (vozglavl'át') (impf. возглавить ru (ru) (vozglávit') REDIRECT Template:pf. Spanish: encabezar es (es) , dirigir es (es) , liderar es (es)
Swedish: leda sv (sv)
(transitive) to strike with the head
German: köpfen de (de)
Spanish: cabecear es (es)
Swedish: nicka sv (sv) , skalla sv (sv)
(intransitive) move in a specified direction
Basque : zuzendu Breton : skeiñ war-duDutch: ergens naar toe gaan , een richting op gaan
Finnish: suunnata fi (fi) , johtaa fi (fi)
French: se diriger (towards: vers )
German: ansteuern , in eine Richtung gehen , auf etwas zusteuern
Indonesian: menuju id (id)
Interlingua : diriger se
Japanese: 向かう (むかう , mukau)
Kurdish: ber ê xwe dan derekê, ber bi derekê ve çûn
Low Saxon : op to stüürnPolish: kierować się pl (pl)
Portuguese: dirigir-se pt (pt) , encaminhar-se pt (pt) , rumar pt (pt)
Russian: направляться ru (ru) (napravl'át's'a) (impf. направиться ru (ru) (naprávit's'a) REDIRECT Template:pf. Spanish: dirigirse es (es)
Swedish: åka sv (sv)
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