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Meaning of heads
noun
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. Example: Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part. Example: What does it say at the head of the page?
- (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
- A significant or important part.
- Headway; progress. Example: We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.
noun
- A pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
noun
- That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.
- The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar. Example: Heads, I win.
- Draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
interjection
- A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads.
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.) Example: Who heads the board of trustees?
- To come at the beginning of; to commence. Example: A group of clowns headed the procession.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To move in a specified direction. Example: How does the ship head?
- To remove the head from a fish. Example: The salmon are first headed and then scaled.
noun
- High-grade marijuana.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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