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