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head

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1 syllable
4 characters
English (US)
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head

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, head is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofhead

1noun
  • The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

    Example: "Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite."

  • The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

    Example: "What does it say at the head of the page?"

  • (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
  • A significant or important part.
  • Headway; progress.

    Example: "We are having a difficult time making head against this wind."

  • Topic; subject.

    Example: "We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements."

  • Denouement; crisis.

    Example: "These isses are going to come to a head today."

  • (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
  • Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

    Example: "She gave great head."

  • The glans penis.
  • A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
  • Power; armed force.
1verb
  • To be in command of. (See also head up.)

    Example: "Who heads the board of trustees?"

  • To come at the beginning of; to commence.

    Example: "A group of clowns headed the procession."

  • To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  • To move in a specified direction.

    Example: "How does the ship head?"

  • To remove the head from a fish.

    Example: "The salmon are first headed and then scaled."

  • To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  • To form a head.

    Example: "This kind of cabbage heads early."

  • To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

    Example: "to head a nail"

  • To cut off the top of; to lop off.

    Example: "to head trees"

  • To behead; to decapitate.
  • To go in front of.

    Example: "to head a drove of cattle"

  • To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

    Example: "The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult."

  • (by extension) To check or restrain.
  • To set on the head.

    Example: "to head a cask"

1adjective
  • Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

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