ALL meanings of have one's head straight
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H h - noun have one's head straight the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 1
- noun have one's head straight the corresponding part of the body in other animals. 1
- noun have one's head straight the head considered as the center of the intellect, as of thought, memory, understanding, or emotional control; mind; brain: She has a good head for mathematics. Keep a cool head in an emergency. 1
- noun have one's head straight the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor. 1
- noun have one's head straight a person to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department; leader or chief. 1
- noun have one's head straight a person considered with reference to his or her mind, disposition, attributes, status, etc.: wise heads; crowned heads. 1
- noun have one's head straight that part of anything that forms or is regarded as forming the top, summit, or upper end: head of a pin; head of a page. 1
- noun have one's head straight the foremost part or front end of anything or a forward projecting part: head of a procession. 1
- noun have one's head straight the part of a weapon, tool, etc., used for striking: the head of a hammer. 1
- noun have one's head straight a person or animal considered merely as one of a number, herd, or group: ten head of cattle; a dinner at $20 a head. 1
- noun have one's head straight a culminating point, usually of a critical nature; crisis or climax: to bring matters to a head. 1
- noun have one's head straight the hair covering the head: to wash one's head. 1
- noun have one's head straight froth or foam at the top of a liquid: the head on beer. 1
- noun have one's head straight Botany. any dense flower cluster or inflorescence. any other compact part of a plant, usually at the top of the stem, as that composed of leaves in the cabbage or lettuce, of leafstalks in the celery, or of flower buds in the cauliflower. 1
- noun have one's head straight the maturated part of an abscess, boil, etc. 1
- noun have one's head straight a projecting point of a coast, especially when high, as a cape, headland, or promontory. 1
- noun have one's head straight the obverse of a coin, as bearing a head or other principal figure (opposed to tail). 1
- noun have one's head straight one of the chief parts or points of a written or oral discourse; a main division of a subject, theme, or topic. 1
- noun have one's head straight something resembling a head in form or a representation of a head, as a piece of sculpture. 1
- noun have one's head straight the source of a river or stream. 1
- noun have one's head straight Slang. a habitual user of a drug, especially LSD or marijuana (often used in combination): feds versus the heads; an acid-head; a pothead. a fan or devotee (usually used in combination): a punk-rock head; a chili head. 1
- noun have one's head straight heads, Distilling. alcohol produced during the initial fermentation. Compare tail1 (def 6d). 1
- noun have one's head straight headline. 1
- noun have one's head straight a toilet or lavatory, especially on a boat or ship. 1
- noun have one's head straight Nautical. the forepart of a vessel; bow. the upper edge of a quadrilateral sail. the upper corner of a jib-headed sail. that part of the upper end of one spar of a mast that is overlapped by a spar above; a doubling at the upper end of a spar. that part of the upper end of a mast between the highest standing rigging and the truck. crown (def 29). 1
- noun have one's head straight Grammar. the member of an endocentric construction that belongs to the same form class and may play the same grammatical role as the construction itself. the member upon which another depends and to which it is subordinate. In former presidents, presidents is head and former is modifier. 1
- noun have one's head straight the stretched membrane covering the end of a drum or similar musical instrument. 1
- noun have one's head straight Mining. a level or road driven into solid coal for proving or working a mine. 1
- noun have one's head straight Machinery. any of various devices on machine tools for holding, moving, indexing, or changing tools or work, as the headstock or turret of a lathe. 1
- noun have one's head straight Railroads. railhead (def 3). 1
- noun have one's head straight (loosely) the pressure exerted by confined fluid: a head of steam. 1
- noun have one's head straight Also called pressure head. Hydraulics. the vertical distance between two points in a liquid, as water, or some other fluid. the pressure differential resulting from this separation, expressed in terms of the vertical distance between the points. the pressure of a fluid expressed in terms of the height of a column of liquid yielding an equivalent pressure. 1
- noun have one's head straight Also called magnetic head. Electronics. the part or parts of a tape recorder that record, play back, or erase magnetic signals on magnetic tape. Compare erasing head, playback head, recording head. 1
- noun have one's head straight Computers. read/write head. 1
- noun have one's head straight Photography. a mounting for a camera, as on a tripod. the part of an enlarger that contains the light source, negative carrier, lensboard, and lens. 1
- noun have one's head straight Slang: Vulgar. fellatio or cunnilingus. 1
- noun have one's head straight Archaic. power, strength, or force progressively gathered or gradually attained. 1
- noun have one's head straight heads up! Informal. be careful! watch out for danger! 1
- adjective have one's head straight first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official. 1
- adjective have one's head straight of, relating to, or for the head (often used in combination): head covering; headgear; headpiece. 1
- adjective have one's head straight situated at the top, front, or head of anything (often used in combination): headline; headboard. 1
- adjective have one's head straight moving or coming from a direction in front of the head or prow of a vessel: head sea; head tide; head current. 1
- adjective have one's head straight Slang. of or relating to drugs, drug paraphernalia, or drug users. 1
- verb with object have one's head straight to go at the head of or in front of; lead; precede: to head a list. 1
- verb with object have one's head straight to outdo or excel; take the lead in or over: to head a race; to head one's competitors in a field. 1
- verb with object have one's head straight to be the head or chief of (sometimes followed by up): to head a school; to head up a department. 1
- verb with object have one's head straight to direct the course of; turn the head or front of in a specified direction: I'll head the boat for the shore. Head me in the right direction and I'll walk to the store. 1
- verb with object have one's head straight to go around the head of (a stream). 1
- verb with object have one's head straight to furnish or fit with a head. 1
- verb with object have one's head straight to take the head off; decapitate; behead. 1