HEAD
verb
Definitions
- 1. To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot. Dryden.
- 2. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail. Spenser.
- 3. To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4. To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
- 5. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.
- 6. To set on the head; as, to head a cask. To head off, to intercept; to get before; as, an officer heads off a thief who is escaping. -- To head up, to close, as a cask or barrel, by fitting a head to.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
HEAD
(adjective)
Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
HEAD
(noun)
1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
