head
490
1.0
- noun
- /hɛd/
:
cabeza
- In 1870, fewer than 8 percent of black heads of households owned any real property.
- a household head
- head of livestock
- heads of families
And then Tulsa says many heads make light thinking.
- And then Tulsa says many heads make light thinking.
Examples
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Fewer than 65 percent of the county's 1860 heads of households remained in the region ten years later.
Academic text (2008) -
Sometimes take out 50 head in an afternoon.
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Or we could start with one head, one tail, and do this.
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Lousy deal for 35 grand a head.
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I think it concerned 10,000 head of cattle, um, slipped across, they say.
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The farmer counted over 200 heads of sheep in the field.
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During the census, the government measured the head of each household.
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In the wildlife sanctuary, there were several hundred heads of deer roaming freely.
Synonyms
∞
1.4
A person, animal, or thing that belongs to a group
∞
2.3
A single person or animal regarded separately from a group
Idioms
- Informal
33
3.2
A place to live, like a house or flat that keeps you dry and safe
- Informal
5
5.9
A person who thinks carefully and makes sensible choices
- Informal
4
7.0
To leave someone feeling overwhelmed or confused by too much information
- Informal
3
6.5
Make a very loud, long cry because you feel afraid, excited, or upset
- Informal
3
7.4
To cause someone to feel confused or overwhelmed by too much information
- Informal
1
5.5
To make someone understand or accept something after many tries
- Informal
1
8.1
To stay very alert and watch what is happening around you
1
8.2
To try many times to do something without success and feel frustrated
- Informal
1
3.5
To make loud sounds you cannot stop because something is very funny
1
7.7
A sum of money offered to catch or kill a person wanted by the police
- Informal
To notice things happening behind you without turning around
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
To move forward despite strong opposition or many difficulties
Compounds
- Literature
21
6.0
A person on TV or video who speaks directly to viewers and gives opinions
- Offensive
5
9.9
A man's sexual feelings or other emotions that make him act without thinking
5
1.8
A mild viral sickness that makes your nose stuffy, causes sneezing, and may give you a headache
- Specialized
4
5.6
A thin part that sits between the engine block and cylinder head to stop oil, coolant, and gas from leaking
- Informal
2
5.6
A person or thing that looks very attractive and makes people turn to look
- Literature
1
7.8
A king or queen who rules because they get the position from their family
- Specialized
1
6.4
Metal cover that closes the top of an engine cylinder and holds valves and spark plugs
1
6.3
A carved, hollowed pumpkin made to look like a head or a person whose head looks like a pumpkin
- Informal
1
8.7
An intense mental experience that makes you think deeply or feel strong emotions
- US
1
9.9
A rare North American orchid with a brownish-green flower and a red-and-white lip shaped like a small horned animal's head
- Specialized
1
6.0
A small part in a tape or disk player that reads and writes sound and data using a magnet
- Specialized
1
4.1
A padded support on top of a car seat that holds the head and reduces neck injury in a crash
A North American plant in the mint family with two-lipped pink or white flowers in a spike
- Specialized
A plant like snakeweed with small flower heads that have fewer petals and fewer small flowers in the center
- Specialized
A wildflower with a long cone and yellow petals that grows in western North America
- South African
A small African succulent plant with many thin hanging branches like snakes
- Specialized
An accident when the small moving part that reads a hard drive touches the disk and destroys data
- Specialized
A disease from a fungus that attacks wheat or barley heads and reduces the crop
Surface Forms
Etymology
When people count animals by head, they use head to mean 'one person or animal' — a simple way to count each living creature by its most obvious part, the 'head'.