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ALL meanings of heads

heads
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  • noun heads A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads the corresponding part of the body in other animals. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor. 1
  • noun heads a person to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department; leader or chief. 1
  • noun heads a person considered with reference to his or her mind, disposition, attributes, status, etc.: wise heads; crowned heads. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads the foremost part or front end of anything or a forward projecting part: head of a procession. 1
  • noun heads the part of a weapon, tool, etc., used for striking: the head of a hammer. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads a culminating point, usually of a critical nature; crisis or climax: to bring matters to a head. 1
  • noun heads the hair covering the head: to wash one's head. 1
  • noun heads froth or foam at the top of a liquid: the head on beer. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads the maturated part of an abscess, boil, etc. 1
  • noun heads a projecting point of a coast, especially when high, as a cape, headland, or promontory. 1
  • noun heads the obverse of a coin, as bearing a head or other principal figure (opposed to tail). 1
  • noun heads one of the chief parts or points of a written or oral discourse; a main division of a subject, theme, or topic. 1
  • noun heads something resembling a head in form or a representation of a head, as a piece of sculpture. 1
  • noun heads the source of a river or stream. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads heads, Distilling. alcohol produced during the initial fermentation. Compare tail1 (def 6d). 1
  • abbreviation HEADS headline. 1
  • noun heads a toilet or lavatory, especially on a boat or ship. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads 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 heads the stretched membrane covering the end of a drum or similar musical instrument. 1
  • noun heads Mining. a level or road driven into solid coal for proving or working a mine. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads Railroads. railhead (def 3). 1
  • noun heads (loosely) the pressure exerted by confined fluid: a head of steam. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads 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 heads Computers. read/write head. 1
  • noun heads 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 heads Slang: Vulgar. fellatio or cunnilingus. 1
  • noun heads Archaic. power, strength, or force progressively gathered or gradually attained. 1
  • noun heads heads up! Informal. be careful! watch out for danger! 1
  • adjective heads first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official. 1
  • adjective heads of, relating to, or for the head (often used in combination): head covering; headgear; headpiece. 1
  • adjective heads situated at the top, front, or head of anything (often used in combination): headline; headboard. 1
  • adjective heads moving or coming from a direction in front of the head or prow of a vessel: head sea; head tide; head current. 1
  • adjective heads Slang. of or relating to drugs, drug paraphernalia, or drug users. 1
  • verb with object heads to go at the head of or in front of; lead; precede: to head a list. 1
  • verb with object heads 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 heads to be the head or chief of (sometimes followed by up): to head a school; to head up a department. 1
  • verb with object heads 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 heads to go around the head of (a stream). 1
  • verb with object heads to furnish or fit with a head. 1
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