head in English: The part of your body above your neck, with your eyes, ears, mouth, and brain. (noun)

Translation

The part of your body above your neck, with your eyes, ears, mouth, and brain.

Word origin

From Old English heafod, the word for the top part of the body.

Origin: Old English
Root: heafod

Grammar

Gender

Pluralheads

Examples

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"Head" means the top part of the body, above the neck.

nodded .

"Heads" is the plural, here meaning more than one head.

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Here "head" means the person who leads or is in charge.

"Head" usually means the top part of your body, where your eyes, ears, and mouth are. It can also mean the person who leads a group, as in "the head of the school".

Related words

body

The whole physical part of a person or animal.

face

The front part of your head, with your eyes, nose, and mouth.

eye

One of the two parts of your face that you use to see.

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

foot

The part of your body at the end of your leg that you stand on.

chief

The person who leads a group of people at work.

dean

A senior person in charge of one part of a university or college.

horn

One of the hard pointed parts on the head of some animals; also the part of a car that makes a loud sound.

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