Definition of heads

"heads" in the noun sense

1. head, caput

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals contains the face and brains

"he stuck his head out the window"

2. head

a single domestic animal

"200 head of cattle"

3. mind, head, brain, psyche, nous

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions the seat of the faculty of reason

"his mind wandered"

"I couldn't get his words out of my head"

4. head, chief, top dog

a person who is in charge

"the head of the whole operation"

5. head

the front of a military formation or procession

"the head of the column advanced boldly"

"they were at the head of the attack"

6. head

the pressure exerted by a fluid

"a head of steam"

7. head

the top of something

"the head of the stairs"

"the head of the page"

"the head of the list"

8. fountainhead, headspring, head

the source of water from which a stream arises

"they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

9. head, head word

grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

10. head

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

11. head

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

"he is two heads taller than his little sister"

"his horse won by a head"

12. capitulum, head

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

"a head of cauliflower"

"a head of lettuce"

13. principal, school principal, head teacher, head

the educator who has executive authority for a school

"she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

14. head

an individual person

"tickets are $5 per head"

15. head

a user of (usually soft) drugs

"the office was full of secret heads"

16. promontory, headland, head, foreland

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

17. head

a rounded compact mass

"the head of a comet"

18. head

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

"the beer had a large head of foam"

19. forefront, head

the part in the front or nearest the viewer

"he was in the forefront"

"he was at the head of the column"

20. pass, head, straits

a difficult juncture

"a pretty pass"

"matters came to a head yesterday"

21. headway, head

forward movement

"the ship made little headway against the gale"

22. point, head

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

"the point of the arrow was due north"

23. question, head

the subject matter at issue

"the question of disease merits serious discussion"

"under the head of minor Roman poets"

24. heading, header, head

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

"the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

25. head

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

"the head of the humerus"

26. head

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

27. read/write head, head

computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

28. head

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

"call heads or tails!"

29. head

the striking part of a tool

"the head of the hammer"

30. head

nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

31. head

a projection out from one end

"the head of the nail"

"a pinhead is the head of a pin"

32. drumhead, head

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

33. oral sex, head

oral stimulation of the genitals

"they say he gives good head"

"heads" in the verb sense

1. head

to go or travel towards

"where is she heading"

"We were headed for the mountains"

2. head, lead

be in charge of

"Who is heading this project?"

3. lead, head

travel in front of go in advance of others

"The procession was headed by John"

4. head, head up

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

"This student heads the class"

5. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise

direct the course determine the direction of travelling

6. head

take its rise

"These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

7. head

be in the front of or on top of

"The list was headed by the name of the president"

8. head

form a head or come or grow to a head

"The wheat headed early this year"

9. head

remove the head of

"head the fish"

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Quotations for heads

Bald heads are soon shaven. [ Proverb ]

Hide their diminished heads. [ Milton ]

At whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. [ Milton ]

Two heads are better than one. [ Heywood ]

Scabby heads love not the comb. [ Proverb ]

So many heads, so many opinions. [ Ter ]

Hearts may agree though heads differ. [ Proverb ]

The mob has many heads, but no brains. [ Proverb ]

I will trace the principal heads of events. [ Virgil ]

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one,
Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells
In heads replete with thoughts of other men;
Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own. [ William Cowper ]

I don't know. They had bags over their heads. [ Yogi Berra , when asked if the fans that ran naked on the field were men or women ]

The rose is fragrant, but it fades in time:
The violet sweet, but quickly past the prime:
White lilies hang their heads, and soon decay,
And white snow in minutes melts away. [ Dryden ]

Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads. [ Bailey ]

God's providence is on the side of clear heads. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

Lawyers' houses are built on the heads of fools. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Good dancers have mostly better heels than heads. [ Proverb ]

If wrong our hearts, our heads are right in vain. [ Young ]

Two heads are better than one, or why do folks marry? [ Proverb ]

Whose roots earth's centre touch, whose heads the skies. [ Walter Harte ]

Rich men feel misfortunes that fly over poor men's heads. [ Proverb ]

Lovers complain of their hearts, but the distemper is in their heads. [ Proverb ]

All the joys in the world cannot take one grey hair out of our heads. [ Proverb ]

The benediction of these covering heavens fall on their heads like dew. [ William Shakespeare ]

The blind monster with uncounted heads, the still discordant, wavering multitude. [ William Shakespeare ]

Society is a troop of thinkers and the best heads among them take the best places. [ Emerson ]

Reading is useless to some people: ideas pass through their heads without remaining. [ C. Jordan ]

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts. [ Fielding ]

Two heads are better than one; quoth the woman, when she had her dog with her to the market. [ Proverb ]

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pin-heads. [ Holmes ]

Sorrows are like thunder-clouds, - in the distance they look black, over our heads hardly gray. [ Richter ]

Love is the passion of great souls: it makes them merit glory, when it does not turn their heads. [ Mme. de Pompadour ]

True merit, wherever found, is ever modest, just as the well-filled heads of grain are always bent. [ Charles Dickens ]

Milton was a genius that could cut a colossus from a rock, but could not carve heads upon cherrystones. [ Dr. Johnson ]

There are heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit, sometimes so long that there is no wit for so much room. [ Fuller ]

The bad fortune of the good, turns their faces up to heaven; and the good fortune of the bad, bows their heads down to the earth. [ Sadi ]

Gentlemen use books as gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles. [ Lyly ]

We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality. [ Joubert ]

When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full. [ Beecher ]

Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts; the difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together. [ A. W. Hare ]

After the sleep of death we are to gather up our forces again with the incalculable results of this life, a crown of shame or glory upon our heads, and begin again on a new level of progress. [ Hugh R. Haweis ]

So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life, and at last we feel the approach of death. We are tired out and we lay our heads back on the bosom of Christ, and quietly fall asleep. [ H. W. Beecher ]

If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too high; but we must remember that men are not angels. [ Colton ]

There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can possibly possess. Had Charles the First and Louis the Sixteenth been more wise or more weak, more firm or more yielding, in either case they had both of them saved their heads. [ Colton ]

heads in Scrabble®

The word heads is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters heads:

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heads in Words With Friends™

The word heads is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters heads:

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In heads

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Word Growth involving heads

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