Crossword-Solution: HEAD
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| Head | n. | The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon. |
| Head | n. | The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler. |
| Head | n. | The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head. |
| Head | n. | The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. |
| Head | n. | The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers. |
| Head | n. | Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle. |
| Head | n. | The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will. |
| Head | n. | The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea. |
| Head | n. | A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. |
| Head | n. | A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon. |
| Head | n. | Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height. |
| Head | n. | Power; armed force. |
| Head | n. | A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair. |
| Head | n. | An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals. |
| Head | n. | A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum. |
| Head | n. | A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant. |
| Head | n. | The antlers of a deer. |
| Head | n. | A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. |
| Head | n. | Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. |
| Head | a. | Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook. |
| Head | v. t. | To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot. |
| Head | v. t. | To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail. |
| Head | v. t. | To behead; to decapitate. |
| Head | v. t. | To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees. |
| Head | v. t. | To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship. |
| Head | v. t. | To set on the head; as, to head a cask. |
| Head | v. i. | To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river. |
| Head | v. i. | To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head? |
| Head | v. i. | To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| HEAD | anagram | AEDH, AHED, DEHA, HADE |
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Sentences with HEAD (5)
Darling, but he was totting up winter great-coats for John and Michael, with a wet towel around his head to keep his brain clear, and it seemed a shame to trouble him; besides, she knew exactly what he would say: “It all comes of having a dog for a nurse.” She decided to roll the shadow up and put it away carefully in a drawer, until a fitting opportunity came for telling her husband.
And he cried, “O Mudjekeewis, It was you who killed Wenonah, Took her young life and her beauty, Broke the Lily of the Prairie, Trampled it beneath your footsteps; You confess it! you confess it!” And the mighty Mudjekeewis Tossed upon the wind his tresses, Bowed his hoary head in anguish, With a silent nod assented.
Next came one Who mourn’d in earnest, when the Captive Ark Maim’d his brute Image, head and hands lopt off In his own Temple, on the grunsel edge, Where he fell flat, and sham’d his Worshipers: _Dagon_ his Name, Sea Monster, upward Man And downward Fish: yet had his Temple high Rear’d in _Azotus_, dreaded through the Coast Of _Palestine_, in _Gath_ and _Ascalon_, And _Accaron_ and _Gaza’s_ frontier bounds.
The Wolf and the Crane A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone.
There is in him that union of head and heart, which is indispensable to an enlightenment of the heads and a winning of the hearts of others.
Quotes with HEAD (3)
This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too.…
To douchebags!" he said, gesturing to Brad. "And to girls that break your heart," he bowed his head to me. His eyes lost focus. "And to the absolute fucking horror of losing your best friend because you were stupid enough to fall in love with her.
It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted. It confuses you, because you think that your feelings were wrong and it makes you feel so small because it's so hard to keep it inside when you let it out and it doesn't coma back. You're left so alone that you can't explain. Damn, there's nothing like…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 371 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).