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-head: The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory o Do you have knowledge, Definitions or data to publish about -head? Dictionary UK is open for edits.
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Meaning of -head:
1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs
2. poll
3. cephalon.
4. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object
5. such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal
6. often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge
7. as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship
8. that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel
9. as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.
10. The place where the head should go
11. as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.
12. the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.
13. The most prominent or important member of any organized body
14. the chief
15. the leader
16. as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. "Their princes and heads." Robynson (Mores Utopia). The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. Tillotson. Your head I him appoint. Milton.
17. 5. The place or honor, or of command
18. the most important or foremost position
19. the front
20. as, the head of the table
21. the head of a column of soldiers. An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke Marlborough at the head of them. Addison.
22. Each one among many
23. an individual
24. often used in a plural sense
25. as, a thousand head of cattle. It there be six millions of people, there are about four acres for every head. Graunt.
26. The seat of the intellect
27. the brain
28. the understanding
29. the mental faculties
30. as, a good head, that is, a good mind
31. it never entered his head, it did not occur to him
32. of his own head, of his own thought or will. Men who had lost both head and heart. Macaulay.
33. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river
34. as, the head of the Nile
35. hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion
36. sometimes also, the quantity in reserve
37. as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head
38. also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
39. A headland
40. a promontory
41. as, Gay Head. Shak.
42. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse
43. a theme to be expanded
44. a subdivision
45. as, the heads of a sermon.
46. 1 Culminating point or crisis
47. hence, strength
48. force
49. height. Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into corruption. Shak. 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. Addison.
50. 1 Power
51. armed force. My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head. Shak.
52. 1 A headdress
53. a covering of the head
54. as, a laced head
55. a head of hair. Swift.
56. 1 An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
57. (Bot.) (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles
58. a capitulum. (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.
59. 1 The antlers of a deer.
60. 1 A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. Mortimer.
61. 1 pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. Knight. Note: Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining combinations
62. as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf. Head, a. A buck of the first head, a male fallow deer in its fifth year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. Shak. By the head. (Naut.) See under By. Elevator head, Feed head, etc. See under Elevator, Feed, etc. From head to foot, through the whole length of a man
63. completely
64. throughout. "Arm me, audacity, from head to foot." Shak. Head and ears, with the whole person
65. deeply
66. completely
67. as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.] Head fast. (Naut.) See 5th Fast. Head kidney (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates Head money, a capitation tax
68. a poll tax. Milton. Head pence, a poll tax. [Obs.] Head sea, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls against her course. Head and shoulders. (a) By force
69. violently
70. as, to drag one, head and shoulders. "They bring in every figure of speech, head and shoulders." Felton. (b) By the height of the head and shoulders
71. hence, by a great degree or space
72. by far
73. much
74. as, he is head and shoulders above them. Head or tail, this side or that side
75. this thing or that
76. a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice, guestion, or stake, head being the side of the coin bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there is no head or face on either side, that side which has the date on it), and tail the other side. Neither head nor tail, neither beginning nor end
77. neither this thing nor that
78. nothing distinct or definite
79. a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused
80. as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter. [Colloq.] Head wind, a wind that blows in a direction opposite the vessels course. Out ones own head, according to ones own idea
81. without advice or co?peration of another. Over the head of, beyond the comprehension of. M. Arnold. To be out of ones head, to be temporarily insane. To come or draw to a head. See under Come, Draw. To give (one) the head, or To give head, to let go, or to give up, control
82. to free from restraint
83. to give license. "He gave his able horse the head." Shak. "He has so long given his unruly passions their head." South. To his head, before his face. "An uncivil answer from a son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor, is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his house or revile him to his head." Jer. Taylor. To lay heads together, to consult
84. to conspire. To lose ones head, to lose presence of mind. To make head, or To make head against, to resist with success
85. to advance. To show ones head, to appear. Shak. To turn head, to turn the face or front. "The ravishers turn head, the fight renews." Dryden.
1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs
2. poll
3. cephalon.
4. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object
5. such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal
6. often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge
7. as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship
8. that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel
9. as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.
10. The place where the head should go
11. as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.
12. the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.
13. The most prominent or important member of any organized body
14. the chief
15. the leader
16. as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. "Their princes and heads." Robynson (Mores Utopia). The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. Tillotson. Your head I him appoint. Milton.
17. 5. The place or honor, or of command
18. the most important or foremost position
19. the front
20. as, the head of the table
21. the head of a column of soldiers. An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke Marlborough at the head of them. Addison.
22. Each one among many
23. an individual
24. often used in a plural sense
25. as, a thousand head of cattle. It there be six millions of people, there are about four acres for every head. Graunt.
26. The seat of the intellect
27. the brain
28. the understanding
29. the mental faculties
30. as, a good head, that is, a good mind
31. it never entered his head, it did not occur to him
32. of his own head, of his own thought or will. Men who had lost both head and heart. Macaulay.
33. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river
34. as, the head of the Nile
35. hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion
36. sometimes also, the quantity in reserve
37. as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head
38. also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
39. A headland
40. a promontory
41. as, Gay Head. Shak.
42. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse
43. a theme to be expanded
44. a subdivision
45. as, the heads of a sermon.
46. 1 Culminating point or crisis
47. hence, strength
48. force
49. height. Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into corruption. Shak. 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. Addison.
50. 1 Power
51. armed force. My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head. Shak.
52. 1 A headdress
53. a covering of the head
54. as, a laced head
55. a head of hair. Swift.
56. 1 An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
57. (Bot.) (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles
58. a capitulum. (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.
59. 1 The antlers of a deer.
60. 1 A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. Mortimer.
61. 1 pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. Knight. Note: Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining combinations
62. as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf. Head, a. A buck of the first head, a male fallow deer in its fifth year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. Shak. By the head. (Naut.) See under By. Elevator head, Feed head, etc. See under Elevator, Feed, etc. From head to foot, through the whole length of a man
63. completely
64. throughout. "Arm me, audacity, from head to foot." Shak. Head and ears, with the whole person
65. deeply
66. completely
67. as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.] Head fast. (Naut.) See 5th Fast. Head kidney (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates Head money, a capitation tax
68. a poll tax. Milton. Head pence, a poll tax. [Obs.] Head sea, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls against her course. Head and shoulders. (a) By force
69. violently
70. as, to drag one, head and shoulders. "They bring in every figure of speech, head and shoulders." Felton. (b) By the height of the head and shoulders
71. hence, by a great degree or space
72. by far
73. much
74. as, he is head and shoulders above them. Head or tail, this side or that side
75. this thing or that
76. a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice, guestion, or stake, head being the side of the coin bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there is no head or face on either side, that side which has the date on it), and tail the other side. Neither head nor tail, neither beginning nor end
77. neither this thing nor that
78. nothing distinct or definite
79. a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused
80. as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter. [Colloq.] Head wind, a wind that blows in a direction opposite the vessels course. Out ones own head, according to ones own idea
81. without advice or co?peration of another. Over the head of, beyond the comprehension of. M. Arnold. To be out of ones head, to be temporarily insane. To come or draw to a head. See under Come, Draw. To give (one) the head, or To give head, to let go, or to give up, control
82. to free from restraint
83. to give license. "He gave his able horse the head." Shak. "He has so long given his unruly passions their head." South. To his head, before his face. "An uncivil answer from a son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor, is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his house or revile him to his head." Jer. Taylor. To lay heads together, to consult
84. to conspire. To lose ones head, to lose presence of mind. To make head, or To make head against, to resist with success
85. to advance. To show ones head, to appear. Shak. To turn head, to turn the face or front. "The ravishers turn head, the fight renews." Dryden.