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Head
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English hēafod, which derives from Germanic khaubuthan , from indo-European kaput- .
Related Germanic words are old German houbit (Haupt), middle Dutch hôvet, hoeft (hoofd), old Norse haufið, Gothic haubiþ. Related Indo-European words are Latin caput.
Pronunciation
Noun
head (plural: heads)
- The part of the body of a living organism or representation thereof which contains the brain, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. From The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum: "...when all was ready Tip put on the pumpkin head, pressing it well down onto the neck, and found that it fitted very well." [1]
- Leader, chief, as in Head of the department
- Headmaster or headmistress .
- Nautical The toilet or restroom aboard a ship.
- Nautical The top of a sail.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- (Vulgar) Fellatio, Oral sex. (Usually used in the phrase give head.)
- The end of a hammer, axe, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The blunt end of a nail, screw, tack, pin or similar fastener .
- (more fully, drum-head) The thin circle of material attatched to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurances sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.
Translations
the part of the body
leader or chief
- Basque: buruzagi , buru , nagusi
- Breton: penn m -où pl
- Dutch: hoofd n, baas m, bazin f, leider m, leidster f, chef m, cheffin f (not used often)
- Finnish: johtaja , päällikkö
- French: chef m
- German: Leiter m, Führer m, Chef m
- Guaraní: mburuvicha
- Indonesian: kepala , pemimpin
- Interlingua: chef, leader
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- Japanese: 指導者 (しどうしゃ, shidōsha), 頭 (かしら , kashira)
- Kurdish: serok
- Lithuanian: galva f; vadovas m, vadovė f
- Low Saxon: baas, m,f
- Polish: kierownik m, kierowniczka f
- Portuguese: chefe m & f, cabeça m, líder m & f
- Romanica: chef f, leader f
- Slovene: vodja m
- Swedish: ledare , chef
- Tupinambá: porubixaba , ubixaba (t-)
- Welsh: pen m
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headmaster/mistress
- Finnish: rehtori , johtajaopettaja
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end of hammer etc.
the blunt end of a nail etc.
Verb
to head (heads, headed, heading)
- To be in command of
- To move into a special direction. heading towards something
Translations
to be in command of
- Basque: zuzendu
- Breton: ren
- Dutch: leiden , aanvoeren
- Finnish: johtaa
- German: führen , leiten
- Hebrew: עמד בראש
- Indonesian: memimpin
- Interlingua: commandar , diriger , leaderar
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- Japanese: 指導する (しどうする, shidō-suru)
- Kurdish: birêvebirin
- Low Saxon: kommandeern , dat Seggen hebben
- Polish: kierować
- Portuguese: comandar , dirigir , liderar
- Romanica: commandar , diriger , leaderar
- Swedish: leda
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to move into a special direction
- Basque: zuzendu
- Breton: skeiñ war-du
- Dutch: ergens naar toe gaan, een richting op gaan
- Finnish: suunnata , johtaa
- German: ansteuern , in eine Richtung gehen, auf etwas zusteuern
- Indonesian: menuju
- Interlingua: diriger se
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- Japanese: 向かう (むかう , mukau)
- Low Saxon: op to stüürn
- Kurdish: berê xwe dan derekê, ber bi derekê ve çûn
- Polish: kierować się
- Portuguese: dirigir-se , encaminhar-se , rumar
- Romanica: diriger se
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