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1. head, caput -- (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window").
2. head -- (a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle").
3. mind, head, brain, psyche, nous -- (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head").
4. head, chief, top dog -- (a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation").
5. head -- (the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack").
6. head -- (the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam").
7. head -- (the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list").
8. fountainhead, headspring, head -- (the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream").
9. head, head word -- ((grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent).
10. head -- (the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)).
11. head -- (the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head").
12. capitulum, head -- (a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce").
13. principal, school principal, head teacher, head -- (the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal").
14. head -- (an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head").
15. head -- (a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads").
16. head -- (a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet").
17. head -- (the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam").
18. forefront, head -- (the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column").
19. pass, head, straits -- (a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday").
20. headway, head -- (forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale").
21. point, head -- (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north").
22. question, head -- (the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets").
23. heading, header, head -- (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text").
24. head -- (the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus").
25. head -- (that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves).
26. read/write head, head -- ((computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk).
27. head -- ((usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!").
28. head -- (the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer").
29. head -- ((nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship).
30. head -- (a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin").
31. drumhead, head -- (a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum).
32. oral sex, head -- (oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head").

1. head -- (to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains").
2. head, lead -- (be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?").
3. lead, head -- (travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John").
4. head, head up -- (be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class").
5. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling).
6. head -- (take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas").
7. head -- (be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president").
8. head -- (form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year").
9. head -- (remove the head of; "head the fish").

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