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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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"Who is heading this project?"verbbe in charge of
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"I couldn't get his words out of my head"nounthat which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
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"This student heads the class"verbbe the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
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nounthe educator who has executive authority for a school
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"he stuck his head out the window"nounthe upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
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"The procession was headed by John"verbtravel in front of; go in advance of others
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"he was at the head of the column"nounthe part in the front or nearest the viewer
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"the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"nouna line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is abouttype of:
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nouna V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
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"matters came to a head yesterday"nouna difficult juncture
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"the ship made little headway against the gale"nounforward movement
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"they say he gives good head"nounoral stimulation of the genitals
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"a head of cauliflower" "a head of lettuce"nouna dense cluster of flowers or foliage
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"under the head of minor Roman poets"nounthe subject matter at issue
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verbdirect the course; determine the direction of travelling
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"they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"nounthe source of water from which a stream arises
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nouna natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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noun(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
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nouna membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
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"tickets are $5 per head"nounan individual persontype of:
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"the head of the nail" "a pinhead is the head of a pin"nouna projection out from one endtype of:
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"the head of a comet"nouna rounded compact masstype of:
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"200 head of cattle"nouna single domestic animaltype of:
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"the office was full of secret heads"nouna user of (usually soft) drugstype of:
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"The list was headed by the name of the president"verbbe in the front of or on top oftype of:
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"The wheat headed early this year"verbform a head or come or grow to a headtype of:
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noun(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
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"head the fish"verbremove the head of
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"These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"verbtake its rise
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nounthat part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
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"the beer had a large head of foam"nounthe foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
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"the head of the column advanced boldly" "they were at the head of the attack"nounthe front of a military formation or processionOpposite:type of:
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"he is two heads taller than his little sister" "his horse won by a head"nounthe length or height based on the size of a human or animal headtype of:
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"a head of steam"nounthe pressure exerted by a fluidtype of:
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"the head of the humerus"nounthe rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
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"the head of the hammer"nounthe striking part of a tool
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nounthe tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
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"the head of the stairs" "the head of the page" "the head of the list"nounthe top of somethingOpposite:type of:
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"where is she heading" "We were headed for the mountains"verbto go or travel towardstype of:
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"call heads or tails!"noun(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's headOpposite:
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