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Headlike
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1. headlike
having a protuberance that resembles a head
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Headlike
see synonyms of headlikenoun
1.
the upper or front part of the body in vertebrates, including man, that contains and
protects the brain, eyes, mouth, and nose and ears when present
▶ Related adjective: cephalic2.
the corresponding part of an invertebrate animal
3.
something resembling a head in form or function, such as the top of a tool
4.
a.
the person commanding most authority within a group, organization, etc
b.
(as modifier)
head buyer
c.
(in combination)
headmaster
5.
the position of leadership or command
at the head of his class
6.
a.
the most forward part of a thing; a part that juts out; front
the head of a queue
b.
(as modifier)
head point
7.
the highest part of a thing; upper end
the head of the pass
8.
the froth on the top of a glass of beer
9.
aptitude, intelligence, and emotions (esp in the phrases above or over one's head, have a head for, keep one's head, lose one's head, etc)
she has a good head for figures
a wise old head
10. Word forms: plural head
a person or animal considered as a unit
the show was two pounds per head
six hundred head of cattle
11.
the head considered as a measure of length or height
he's a head taller than his mother
12. botany
a.
a dense inflorescence such as that of the daisy and other composite plants
b.
any other compact terminal part of a plant, such as the leaves of a cabbage or lettuce
13.
a culmination or crisis (esp in the phrase bring or come to a head)
14.
the pus-filled tip or central part of a pimple, boil, etc
15.
the head considered as the part of the body on which hair grows densely
a fine head of hair
16.
the source or origin of a river or stream
17. (capital when part of name)
a headland or promontory, esp a high one
18.
the obverse of a coin, usually bearing a portrait of the head or a full figure of a monarch, deity, etc
Compare tail119.
a main point or division of an argument, discourse, etc
20. (often plural)
the headline at the top of a newspaper article or the heading of a section within an article
21. nautical
a.
the front part of a ship or boat
b.
(in sailing ships) the upper corner or edge of a sail
c.
the top of any spar or derrick
d.
any vertical timber cut to shape
e. (often plural) a slang word for lavatory
22. grammar another word for governor (sense 7)
23.
the taut membrane of a drum, tambourine, etc
24.
a.
the height of the surface of liquid above a specific point, esp when considered or
used as a measure of the pressure at that point
a head of four feet
b.
pressure of water, caused by height or velocity, measured in terms of a vertical column of water
c.
any pressure
a head of steam in the boiler
25. slang
a.
a person who regularly takes drugs, esp LSD or cannabis
b.
(in combination)
an acidhead
a pothead
26. mining
a road driven into the coal face
27.
a.
the terminal point of a route
b.
(in combination)
railhead
28.
a device on a turning or boring machine, such as a lathe, that is equipped with one or more cutting tools held to the work by this device
29. cylinder head
30.
an electromagnet that can read, write, or erase information on a magnetic medium such as a magnetic tape, disk, or drum, used in computers, tape recorders, etc
31. informal short for headmaster, headmistress, head teacher
32.
a.
the head of a horse considered as a narrow margin in the outcome of a race (in the phrase win by a head)
b.
any narrow margin of victory (in the phrase (win) by a head)
33. informal short for headache
34. curling
the stones lying in the house after all 16 have been played
35. bowling
the jack and the bowls that have been played considered together as a target area
36. against the head
37. bite someone's head off
38. bring to a head
39. get it into one's head
40. give head
41. give someone his or her head
42. give a horse its head
43. go to one's head
44. head and shoulders above
45. head over heels
46. hold up one's head
47. keep one's head
48. keep one's head above water
49. make head
50. make head or tail of
51. off one's head
52. off the top of one's head
53. on one's head
54. one's head off
55. over someone's head
56. put their heads together
57. take it into one's head
58. turn heads
59. turn something on its head
60. turn someone's head
verb
61. (transitive)
to be at the front or top of
to head the field
62. (transitive; often foll by up)
to be in the commanding or most important position
63. (often foll by for)
to go or cause to go (towards)
where are you heading?
64.
to turn or steer (a vessel) as specified
to head into the wind
65. soccer
to propel (the ball) by striking it with the head
66. (transitive)
to provide with or be a head or heading
to head a letter
the quotation which heads chapter 6
67. (transitive)
to cut the top branches or shoots off (a tree or plant)
68. (intransitive)
to form a head, as a boil or plant
69. (intransitive; often foll by in)
(of streams, rivers, etc) to originate or rise in
70. head them
noun
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Headlike
see synonyms of headlike noun
1.
a.
the top part of the body in humans, the apes, etc., or the front part in most other animals: in higher animals it is a bony structure containing the brain, and including the jaws, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
b.
this part exclusive of the face
2.
a.
the head as the seat of reason, memory, and imagination; mind; intelligence
to use one's head
b.
aptitude; ability
to have a head for mathematics
c. Informal
a headache, esp. as part of a hangover
3.
the head as a symbol for the individual; person
dinner at five dollars a head
4. Word forms: plural head
the head as a unit of counting
fifty head of cattle
5.
a representation of a head, as in painting or sculpture
6.
the obverse of a coin, usually with such a representation
: often heads7.
the highest or uppermost part or thing; top
; specif.,a.
the top of a page, column of figures, etc.
b.
a printed title at the top of a page, section of writing, etc.
c.
a chief point of discussion; topic of a section, chapter, etc. in a speech or written work
d.
a headline for a newspaper story
e.
froth floating on newly poured effervescent beverages, esp. on beer
f.
that end of a cask or barrel which is uppermost at any time
g.
the upper edge or corner of a sail
8.
the foremost part of a thing; front
; specif.,a.
a part associated with the human head
the head of a bed
b.
the end of a pier farthest from land
c.
the front part of a ship; bow
d. Nautical
a toilet, or lavatory
e.
the front position, as of a column of marchers
f.
either end of something; extremity
9.
the projecting part of something
; specif.,a.
the part designed for holding, pushing, striking, etc.
the head of a pin, the head of a golf club
b.
a jutting mass of rock, land, etc. as of a mountain
c.
a point of land; promontory; headland
d.
a projecting place in a boil or other inflammation where pus is about to break through
e.
the part of a tape recorder that records or plays back the magnetic signals on the
tape
f.
warhead
10.
the membrane stretched across the end of a drum, tambourine, etc.; drumhead
11.
the source of a flowing body of water; beginning of a stream, river, etc.
12.
a.
a source of water kept at some height to supply a mill, etc.
b.
the height of such a source of water or the vertical distance through which it falls
c.
a rush of water, as in a riptide
13.
the pressure in an enclosed fluid, as steam, from its own weight or applied externally
14.
a position of leadership, honor, or first importance
the head of the class
15.
the person who is foremost or in charge; leader, ruler, chief, director, etc.
16.
a headmaster
17. Botany
a.
a dense cluster of tiny sessile flowers attached to a common receptacle, as in the composite family
b.
a large, compact bud
a head of cabbage
c.
the uppermost part of a plant's foliage
the head of a tree
18. US, Jazz
a.
the melody or theme of a composition
b.
an improvised, usually extemporaneous arrangement that is not written down
: in full head arrangement19. Linguistics
any word or word group in a construction that functions grammatically like the entire construction
“woman” is the head of “the woman who wrote that book”
20. Mining
heading (sense 4)
21. Music
the rounded part of a note, at the end of the stem
22. US, Slang
a.
a habitual user of a hallucinogen, stimulant, etc., as marijuana or cocaine
often in combination acidhead
b.
a person dedicated to, enthusiastic about, or addicted to some interest, activity, food, etc.
usually in combination cheesehead
adjective
23.
of or having to do with the head
24.
most important; principal; commanding; first
25.
to be found at the top or front
26.
striking against the front
head winds
verb transitive
27.
to be the chief of or in charge of; command; direct
28.
a.
to be at the top or beginning of; lead; precede
often with up to head a list
b.
to take a lead over, as in a race or competition
29.
to supply (a pin, etc.) with a head
30. Rare
to behead; decapitate
31.
to trim the higher part from (a tree or plant); poll
32. US
to go around the head of
to head a stream
33.
to turn or cause to go in a specified direction
to head a car for home
34. Soccer
to hit (the ball) with one's head
verb intransitive
35.
to grow or come to a head
36.
to set out; travel
to head eastward
37. US
to originate, as a river
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