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head noun

  /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
  • Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
  • (figurative, metonymy) An individual person.
  • (figurative, metonymy) Mind; one's own thoughts.
  • The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
  • The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
  • (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
  • The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
 caput
  • A headdress; a covering for the head.
  • (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
  • (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
 caput, praepositus

head adjective

  /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
 caput, cacumen

heading noun

  /ˈhɛdɪŋ/
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
 inscriptio
  • (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
 cursus

heads noun

  /hɛdz/
  • One side of a coin:
 aquila
head of state
princeps
head to toe
a capite ad calcem
head of household
pater familiās
hit the nail on the head
acū tangō, rem acū tangō
flower head
anthodium, calathidium, capitulum, corbicula
gilt-head bream
sparus
the fish rots from the head
piscis primum a capite foetet, null piscis primum a capite foetet
head over heels
perdĭte
death's-head
calva
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