the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs

a thing resembling a head either in form or in relation to a whole

the front, forward, or upper part or end of something

a person in charge of something; a director or leader

the head of the Dutch Catholic Church

a person considered as a numerical unit

they paid fifty pounds a head

a component in an audio, video, or information system by which information is transferred from an electrical signal to the recording medium, or vice versa

a body of water kept at a particular height in order to provide a supply at sufficient pressure

an 8 m head of water in the shafts

a toilet on a ship or boat

they were cleaning out the heads

the word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used, having the same grammatical function as the whole phrase

a superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill

a group of pheasants

it is easy to get up a head of pheasants with the aid of good keepers

chief; principal

the head waiter

be in the leading position on

the St George's Day procession was headed by the mayor

give a title or caption to

an article headed ‘The Protection of Human Life’

move in a specified direction

he was heading for the exit

head towards the town centre until the road takes a sharp right

we were headed in the wrong direction

I turned and headed home

shoot or pass (the ball) with the head

a corner kick that Moody headed into the net

lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree)

the willow is headed every three or four years

(of a lettuce or cabbage) form a head