head - Meaning in Punjabi

head - Meaning in Punjabi

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Definitions and Meaning of head in English

head noun

1. a user of (usually soft) drugs

   Example

   • "the office was full of secret heads"
2. a difficult juncture

   Examples

   • "a pretty pass"
   • "matters came to a head yesterday"
3. the front of a military formation or procession

   Examples

   • "the head of the column advanced boldly"
   • "they were at the head of the attack"
4. the source of water from which a stream arises

   Example

   • "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
5. the part in the front or nearest the viewer

   Examples

   • "he was at the head of the column"
   • "he was in the forefront"
6. the top of something

   Examples

   • "the head of the list"
   • "the head of the page"
   • "the head of the stairs"
7. the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

   Example

   • "the beer had a large head of foam"
8. a rounded compact mass

   Example

   • "the head of a comet"
9. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
10. a single domestic animal

    Example

    • "200 head of cattle"
11. a person who is in charge

    Example

    • "the head of the whole operation"
12. an individual person

    Example

    • "tickets are $5 per head"
13. the educator who has executive authority for a school

    Example

    • "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
14. the pressure exerted by a fluid

    Example

    • "a head of steam"
15. a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

    Examples

    • "a head of cauliflower"
    • "a head of lettuce"
16. the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

    Examples

    • "he is two heads taller than his little sister"
    • "his horse won by a head"
17. the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
18. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

    Example

    • "the point of the arrow was due north"
19. oral stimulation of the genitals

    Example

    • "they say he gives good head"
20. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
21. a projection out from one end

    Examples

    • "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
    • "the head of the nail"
22. (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
23. the striking part of a tool

    Example

    • "the head of the hammer"
24. (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

    Example

    • "call heads or tails!"
25. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
26. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

    Example

    • "he stuck his head out the window"
27. the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

    Example

    • "the head of the humerus"
28. that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

    Examples

    • "his mind wandered"
    • "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
29. (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
30. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

    Example

    • "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
31. the subject matter at issue

    Examples

    • "the question of disease merits serious discussion"
    • "under the head of minor Roman poets"
32. forward movement

    Example

    • "the ship made little headway against the gale"
33. that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

head verb

1. take its rise

   Example

   • "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
2. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

   Example

   • "This student heads the class"
3. be in the front of or on top of

   Example

   • "The list was headed by the name of the president"
4. form a head or come or grow to a head

   Example

   • "The wheat headed early this year"
5. be in charge of

   Example

   • "Who is heading this project?"
6. travel in front of; go in advance of others

   Example

   • "The procession was headed by John"
7. to go or travel towards

   Examples

   • "We were headed for the mountains"
   • "where is she heading"
8. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
9. remove the head of

   Example

   • "head the fish"

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