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(noun) a single domestic animal: "200 head of cattle" |
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Related Words: domestic animal |
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(verb) to go or travel towards: "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
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Related Words: continue, go forward, make, proceed, take |
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(verb) be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" |
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Synonyms: lead |
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Related Words: captain, chair, chairman, direct, spearhead, take charge, take control, take hold |
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(verb) be in the front of or on top of; |
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Related Words: crown, lie, surmount |
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(verb) be the first or leading member of (a group) |
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Synonyms: head up |
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Related Words: be |
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(satellite adjective) (grammar) of a word in a phrase; the word playing the same grammatical role in the sentence that the phrase itself plays; "the head noun in the phrase `fresh fish' is `fish,' which is the direct object in the sentence `I bought fresh fish'" |
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(noun) a part that projects out from the rest; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
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Related Words: pinhead, projection, protuberance |
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(noun) a toilet on board a boat of ship |
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Related Words: bathroom, can, facility, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet |
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(noun) the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer" |
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Related Words: club head, clubhead, golfclub head, hammerhead, striker |
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(noun) (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!" |
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Related Words: obverse |
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(noun) the upper or front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" |
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Synonyms: caput |
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Related Words: external body part, human head |
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(noun) (linguistics) the word in a constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole |
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Synonyms: head word |
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Related Words: word |
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(noun) the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack" |
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Related Words: formation |
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Antonyms: rear |
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(noun) the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list" |
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Related Words: top |
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Antonyms: foot |
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(noun) a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet" |
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Related Words: object, physical object |
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(noun) the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam" |
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Related Words: foam, froth |
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(noun) (informal) a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads" |
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Related Words: acid head, drug user, hash head, pill head, pothead, substance abuser, user |
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(noun) a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation" |
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Synonyms: chief, top dog |
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Related Words: Indian chief, administrator, decision maker, department head, executive, general manager, head of household, leader, paterfamilias, patriarch, secretary |
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(noun) an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head" |
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Related Words: individual |
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(noun) the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam" |
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Related Words: force per unit area, pressure |
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(noun) the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head" |
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Related Words: linear unit |
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(noun) the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) |
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Related Words: peak, point, tip |
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(noun) oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head" |
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Synonyms: oral sex |
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Related Words: cunnilinctus, cunnilingus, fellatio, fellation, perversion, sixty-nine, soixante-neuf |
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(verb) travel in front of; go in advance of others: "The procession was headed by John" |
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Synonyms: lead |
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Related Words: lead, precede |
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(noun) a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum |
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Synonyms: drumhead |
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Related Words: membrane |
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(noun) (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk |
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Synonyms: read/write head |
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Related Words: coil |
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(noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" |
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Synonyms: brain, mind, nous, psyche |
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Related Words: cognition, ego, knowledge, noddle, subconscious, subconscious mind, tabula rasa, unconscious, unconscious mind |
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(noun) a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" |
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Synonyms: heading |
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Related Words: crosshead, crossheading, headline, lemma, line, newspaper headline, rubric, running head, running headline, statute title, subhead, subheading, title |
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(noun) the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" |
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Synonyms: question |
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Related Words: matter of fact, matter of law, problem, question of fact, question of law, subject, theme, topic |
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(noun) a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
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Synonyms: point |
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Related Words: mark |
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(noun) forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale" |
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Synonyms: headway |
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Related Words: advance, progress, progression |
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(noun) a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" |
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Synonyms: pass, straits |
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Related Words: juncture, occasion |
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(noun) the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" |
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Synonyms: forefront |
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Related Words: forepart, front, front end |
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(noun) a dense clusters of flowers or foliage: "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" |
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Synonyms: capitulum |
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Related Words: plant organ |
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(noun) the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" |
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Synonyms: fountainhead, headspring |
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Related Words: beginning, origin, root, source |
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(satellite adjective) (of persons) highest in rank or authority or office; "his arch rival"; "the boss man"; "the chief executive"; "head librarian"; "top administrators" |
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Synonyms: arch, boss, chief, top |
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(noun) the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" |
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Synonyms: head teacher, principal, school principal |
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Related Words: chancellor, educator, headmaster, headmistress, master, pedagogue, schoolmaster |
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(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
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Synonyms: direct, guide, maneuver, manouevre, point, steer |
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Related Words: canalize, channel, command, conn, control, corner, dock, navigate, park, pilot, sheer, stand out, starboard |
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