Definitions For Head

noun

  • Oral stimulation of the genitals
  • A single domestic animal
  • A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
  • A projection out from one end
  • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
  • The striking part of a tool
  • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
  • (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
  • That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
  • The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
  • The rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
  • That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
  • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
  • A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
  • The subject matter at issue
  • A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
  • Forward movement
  • A difficult juncture
  • The front of a military formation or procession
  • The source of water from which a stream arises
  • The part in the front or nearest the viewer
  • The top of something
  • The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
  • A rounded compact mass
  • A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
  • A user of (usually soft) drugs
  • A person who is in charge
  • An individual person
  • The educator who has executive authority for a school
  • The pressure exerted by a fluid
  • A dense cluster of flowers or foliage
  • The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
  • The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
  • The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
  • A person's mental ability : mind or intellect
  • A person who has a specified mental or emotional quality

verb

  • Remove the head of
  • Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
  • To go or travel towards
  • Travel in front of; go in advance of others
  • Be in charge of
  • Form a head or come or grow to a head
  • Be in the front of or on top of
  • Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
  • Take its rise
  • To be the leader of (something)
  • To be first on (a list)
  • To go in a specified direction or toward a specified place

Is Head a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
7

The word Head is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Head in a Sentence

  • She patted the dog on the head.
  • He nodded his head in agreement.
  • The ceiling's low—watch your head!
  • As head editor at the TV station for 17 years, he has hired and fired innumerable staff members
  • The group was headed by the church pastor.
  • He was accused of heading the revolt.
  • I hopped in the car and headed down the street.

Synonyms for Head

Antonyms for Head

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