head [ hedz ]

• n.
  • 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"

    同义词： caput

  • a single domestic animal

    "200 head of cattle"

  • that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

    "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

    同义词： mind brain psyche nous

  • a person who is in charge

    "the head of the whole operation"

    同义词： chief top dog

  • the front of a military formation or procession

    "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"

  • the pressure exerted by a fluid

    "a head of steam"

  • the top of something

    "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"

  • the source of water from which a stream arises

    "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

    同义词： fountainhead headspring

  • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

    同义词： head word

  • the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
  • 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"

  • a dense clusters of flowers or foliage

    "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"

    同义词： capitulum

  • the educator who has executive authority for a school

    同义词： principal school principal head teacher

  • an individual person

    "tickets are $5 per head"

  • a user of (usually soft) drugs

    "the office was full of secret heads"

  • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

    同义词： promontory headland foreland

  • a rounded compact mass

    "the head of a comet"

  • 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"

  • the part in the front or nearest the viewer

    "he was at the head of the column"

    同义词： forefront

  • a difficult juncture

    "matters came to a head yesterday"

    同义词： pass straits

  • forward movement

    "the ship made little headway against the gale"

    同义词： headway

  • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

    同义词： point

  • the subject matter at issue

    "under the head of minor Roman poets"

    同义词： question

  • 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"

    同义词： heading header

  • that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
  • (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

    同义词： read/write head

  • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

    "call heads or tails!"

  • the striking part of a tool

    "the head of the hammer"

  • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
  • a projection out from one end

    "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin"

  • a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

    同义词： drumhead

  • oral stimulation of the genitals

    "they say he gives good head"

    同义词： oral sex

• v.
  • to go or travel towards

    "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"

  • be in charge of

    "Who is heading this project?"

    同义词： lead

  • travel in front of; go in advance of others

    "The procession was headed by John"

    同义词： lead

  • be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

    "This student heads the class"

    同义词： head up

  • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    同义词： steer maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre direct point guide channelize channelise

  • take its rise

    "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

  • be in the front of or on top of

    "The list was headed by the name of the president"

  • form a head or come or grow to a head

    "The wheat headed early this year"

  • remove the head of

    "head the fish"

以上来源于: WordNet