HEAD - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Verb

to go or travel towards

Example: where is she heading; We were headed for the mountains

Categories: Proceed, Go forward, Continue

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Verb

be in charge of

Example: Who is heading this project?

Categories: Direct

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Verb

be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

Example: This student heads the class

Categories: Be

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

the front of a military formation or procession

Example: the head of the column advanced boldly; they were at the head of the attack

Categories: Formation

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

take its rise

Example: These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas

Categories: Originate, Arise, Rise, Develop, Uprise, Spring up, Grow

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

be in the front of or on top of

Example: The list was headed by the name of the president

Categories: Lie

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

remove the head of

Example: head the fish

Categories: Remove, Take, Take away, Withdraw

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

Categories: Point, Tip, Peak

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Noun

the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

Example: he is two heads taller than his little sister; his horse won by a head

Categories: Linear unit, Linear measure

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Noun

an individual person

Example: tickets are $5 per head

Categories: Individual

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Noun

a user of (usually soft) drugs

Example: the office was full of secret heads

Categories: Drug user, Substance abuser, User

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Noun

a rounded compact mass

Example: the head of a comet

Categories: Object, Physical object

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Noun

the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

Example: the beer had a large head of foam

Categories: Foam, Froth

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Noun

the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

Example: the head of the humerus

Categories: Structure, Anatomical structure, Complex body part, Bodily structure, Body structure

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Noun

that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

Categories: Structure, Anatomical structure, Complex body part, Bodily structure, Body structure

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Noun

(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

Example: call heads or tails!

Categories: Obverse

Meaning 17

Part of speech: Noun

the striking part of a tool

Example: the head of the hammer

Categories: Striker

Meaning 18

Part of speech: Noun

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

Categories: Toilet, Lavatory, Lav, Can, John, Privy, Bathroom

Meaning 19

Part of speech: Noun

a projection out from one end

Example: the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin

Categories: Projection

Meaning 20

Part of speech: Verb

form a head or come or grow to a head

Example: The wheat headed early this year

Categories: Form