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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 organs; poll; cephalon.	n.
Head	The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.	n.
Head	The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.	n.
Head	The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.	n.
Head	The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.	n.
Head	Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.	n.
Head	The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.	n.
Head	The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; 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; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.	n.
Head	A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.	n.
Head	A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.	n.
Head	Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.	n.
Head	Power; armed force.	n.
Head	A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.	n.
Head	An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.	n.
Head	A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.	n.
Head	A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.	n.
Head	The antlers of a deer.	n.
Head	A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.	n.
Head	Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.	n.
Head	Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.	a.
Head	To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.	v. t.
Head	To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.	v. t.
Head	To behead; to decapitate.	v. t.
Head	To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.	v. t.
Head	To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.	v. t.
Head	To set on the head; as, to head a cask.	v. t.
Head	To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.	v. i.
Head	To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?	v. i.
Head	To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.	v. i.
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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 organs; poll; cephalon.	n.
Head	The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.	n.
Head	The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.	n.
Head	The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.	n.
Head	The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.	n.
Head	Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.	n.
Head	The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.	n.
Head	The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; 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; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.	n.
Head	A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.	n.
Head	A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.	n.
Head	Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.	n.
Head	Power; armed force.	n.
Head	A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.	n.
Head	An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.	n.
Head	A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.	n.
Head	A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.	n.
Head	The antlers of a deer.	n.
Head	A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.	n.
Head	Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.	n.
Head	Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.	a.
Head	To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.	v. t.
Head	To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.	v. t.
Head	To behead; to decapitate.	v. t.
Head	To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.	v. t.
Head	To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.	v. t.
Head	To set on the head; as, to head a cask.	v. t.
Head	To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.	v. i.
Head	To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?	v. i.
Head	To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.	v. i.

Indirect results
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-head	A variant of -hood.	suffix.
Addle-head	Alt. of Addle-pate	n.
Addle-headed	Alt. of Addle-pated	a.
Ahead	In or to the front; in advance; onward.	adv.
Ahead	Headlong; without restraint.	adv.
Arrowhead	The head of an arrow.	n.
Arrowhead	An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.	n.
Arrowheaded	Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.	a.
Baldhead	A person whose head is bald.	n.
Baldhead	A white-headed variety of pigeon.	n.
Baldheaded	Having a bald head.	a.
Barehead	Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.	a. & adv.
Bareheaded	Alt. of Barehead	a. & adv.
Beakhead	An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.	n.
Beakhead	A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.	n.
Beakhead	Same as Beak, 3.	n.
Beastlihead	Beastliness.	n.
Beetle-headed	Dull; stupid.	a.
Beetlehead	A stupid fellow; a blockhead.	n.
Beetlehead	The black-bellied plover, or bullhead [Squatarola helvetica]. See Plover.	n.
English » English
-head	A variant of -hood.	suffix.
Addle-head	Alt. of Addle-pate	n.
Addle-headed	Alt. of Addle-pated	a.
Ahead	In or to the front; in advance; onward.	adv.
Ahead	Headlong; without restraint.	adv.
Arrowhead	The head of an arrow.	n.
Arrowhead	An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.	n.
Arrowheaded	Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.	a.
Baldhead	A person whose head is bald.	n.
Baldhead	A white-headed variety of pigeon.	n.
Baldheaded	Having a bald head.	a.
Barehead	Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.	a. & adv.
Bareheaded	Alt. of Barehead	a. & adv.
Beakhead	An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.	n.
Beakhead	A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.	n.
Beakhead	Same as Beak, 3.	n.
Beastlihead	Beastliness.	n.
Beetle-headed	Dull; stupid.	a.
Beetlehead	A stupid fellow; a blockhead.	n.
Beetlehead	The black-bellied plover, or bullhead [Squatarola helvetica]. See Plover.	n.