be head

English - Turkish

Definition of be head in English Turkish dictionary

Kafasını erkeğin omuzuna koymuş olan kız şaşkın şaşkın etrafına bakındı. - The girl, who had her head on the boy's shoulder, looked around in surprise.

Hata onun kafasına mal oldu. - The mistake cost him his head.

head

kelle

Teksirci-kopyacı tayfasının kellesi vurula. - Off with the head of duplicate-mongers.

head

başkan

Bir doktor, başkanın kafasındaki kurşunu çıkarmaya çalıştı. - A doctor tried to remove the bullet from the president's head.

Keiko, sınıf başkanıdır. - Keiko is at the head of her class.

head

{i} baş

Soğuk Moskova kışlarında kendi başına şapka takmak en iyisidir. - It's best to wear a cap on your head during the cold Moscow winters.

O, baş ağrısından acı çekiyor. - He is suffering from a headache.

head

yönelmek

Eve geri yönelmek zorundayım. - I've got to head back home.

head

{f} gitmek

Brian, New York'a gitmek için yola çıktı. - Brian left heading for New York.

İşe geri gitmek zorundayım. - I've got to head back to work.

head

{i} ana

Ana merkezlerimiz Boston'da. - Our headquarters are in Boston.

{i} konu başlığı

{f} boynunu vurmak

{i} tepe

Tepeden tırnağa çamurla kaplıydı. - He was covered with mud from head to foot.

O suya tepetaklak düştü. - He fell head over heels into the water.

Turalar ben kazanırım, yazılar sen kaybedersin. - Heads I win, tails you lose.

{i} konu

Onların hepsinin, kolları, bacakları, ve kafaları var,onlar yürürler ve konuşurlar, ama şimdi onlara farklı yapmak isteyen bir şey var. - They all have arms, legs, and heads, they walk and talk, but now there's SOMETHING that wants to make them different.

Baş hemşire ile konuşmak istiyorum. - I would like to speak to the head nurse.

head

başlık

Başlıkların okuyucunun ilgisini çekmesi gerekiyor. - Headlines are supposed to grab the reader's interest.

Herkes bu sabahki haber başlıklarından memnundu. - Everyone was delighted by this morning's headlines.

hed

(Politika, Siyaset) unvan

Tom kapıya doğru yöneldi. - Tom headed toward the door.

Tom hemen kapıya yöneldi. - Tom immediately headed for the door.

head

fasıl

head

(İnşaat) kısa kenar

(Reklam) serlevha

(Dilbilim) tamlayan

head

başucu

head

(Jeoloji) basınç yüksekliği

head

(topa) kafa vurmak

head

(Dilbilim) baş sözcük

head

şapka

O, kafasındaki şapkayı geriye doğru itti. - He pushed his hat back on his head.

Soğuk Moskova kışlarında kendi başına şapka takmak en iyisidir. - It's best to wear a cap on your head during the cold Moscow winters.

Batılı ülkeler doları güçlendirmek için baş başa verip düşünüyorlar. - Western nations have to put their heads together to strengthen the dollar.

Okuma birinin kendi kafası yerine başka birinin kafasıyla düşünmeye eşdeğerdir. - Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

(Havacılık) yola çıkmak

Yola çıkmak üzereydim. - I was about to head out.

Şimdi yola çıkmak zorundayım. - I have to head out now.

(Askeri) yük

Yüksek sesli matkap, kocasına baş ağrısı verdi. - The loud drill gave her husband a headache.

head

(Argo) oral seks

head

(Askeri) seren yakası

{f} başı çek

metal paranın resimli yüzü

Onun akıllı olduğunu kabul ediyorum ama o her zaman karşısındakinin anlayamayacağı şekilde konuşmak zorunda mı? - I admit he's smart, but does he have to talk over everyone's heads all the time?

Sen akıllı ve zeki birisin. - You've got a good head on your shoulders.

head

bir yöne doğru hareket etmek ya da ettirmek

head

genel başkan

head

Bozuk paranın tura yüzü

{f} kellesini uçurmak (Argo)

behead

kafasını kes

Sami, Leyla'nın cesedinin kafasını kesti. - Sami beheaded Layla's body.

behead

{f} kafasını kesmek

behead

kellesini uçurmak

head

{f} (bir şeyin) başkanlığını yapmak/başkanı olmak: Who heads this outfit? Buranın başkanı kim?

{f} olgunlaşmak

{f} -in

{i} pınar başı

{s} baştaki

bir

Bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var. - Two heads are better than one.

Ikeda birkaç aptalca hata yaptı ve bu yüzden ona bölüm başkanı tarafından ağzının payı verildi. - Ikeda made several silly mistakes, and so he was told off by the department head.

head

{s} baş ile ilgili

head

{f} başında olmak

head

{i} şef, baş, başkan: the head of the math department matematik bölümü başkanı

head

{f} başı çekmek

head

{i} köpük

head

kafa,v.başı çek: n.baş

head

{i} kişi başı

head

{i} yönetici

O, pazarlama bölümünün yöneticisidir. - He's the head of the marketing department.

head

{i} zirve

O her zaman sınıfının zirvesinde oldu. - She has always been at the head of her class.

head

{i} kaymak

head

{i} kişi

Eğer çekici bir kişiliğe sahip olmak istiyorsanız, omuzlarınızda iyi bir kafaya sahip olmalısınız. - If you want to have an attractive personality, you need to have a good head on your shoulders.

Son püskürmede 50'den fazla kişi öldü. Volkanik kayalar bazı kurbanların başına çarptı. - More than 50 people died from the recent eruption. Volcanic rocks struck some victims in the head.

head

madeni paranın resimli yüzü göbek

head

{i} baş yer, baş taraf, ön taraf, baş

head

{i} müdür

O geçen ay genel müdürlükten şube müdürlüğüne transfer edildi. - She was transferred from the head office to a branch office last month.

Okul müdürü kazananlara ödüllerini sunacak. - The headmaster will present the winners their prize.

head

{i} şef

Tom Boston'daki bir restoranda baş şeftir. - Tom is the head chef at a restaurant in Boston.

head

bir y

Bir yere mi gidiyorsun? - Are you heading somewhere?

Dan Linda'yı kafasında ciddi bir yara ile bodrum katında buldu. - Dan found Linda on the floor of the basement with a serious wound in the head.

head

{f} yönlendirmek

head

{f} kullanmak

Geceleri korna kullanmaktan kaçınılmalı. Gece onun yerine farları yak. - Using the horn at night should be avoided. At night, flash the headlights instead.

head

(Askeri) KOVAN TABLASI: Bir kovan kaidesinin dairevi düz kısmı. Kapsül yuvasının yüzünü çerçeveleyen satıh

head

{i} reis

head

{i} uç kısım

head

{f} baş vermek

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of be head in Turkish Turkish dictionary
head: Video cihazında bandı okuyan ya da kayıt yapan ve bir tambur içine gizlenmiş hareketli parça

English - English

Definition of be head in English English dictionary
Head: A surname, from residence near a hilltop or the head of a river, or a byname for someone with an odd-looking head
head: Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex
She gave great head.
head: The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs
Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
head: The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel
head: The principal operative part of a machine
lacrosse The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
head: To be in command of. - see also head up
Who heads the board of trustees?.
head: The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages
Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head.
head: The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs
head: The top edge of a sail
head: Placed at the top or the front
head: A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs
The hutch now looks like a “Turkish bath,” and the heads have their arms around one another, passing the pipe and snapping their fingers as they sing Smokey Robinson's “Tracks of My Tears” into the night.
head: The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor
During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table.
head: The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it
The expedition followed the river all the way to the head.
head: A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound
Tap the head of the drum for this roll.
head: Foremost in rank or importance
The head cook.
head: To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
head: A clump of leaves or flowers; a capitulum
Give me a head of lettuce.
head: The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint
head: The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked
head: Topic; subject
We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.
head: To move in a specified direction. heading towards something
I'm fed up working for a boss. I'm going to head out on my own, set up my own business.
head: The end of an abscess where pus collects
head: A headland
head: A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication
he took them seriously, too, just as seriously as he took the ‘head’ that followed after drink.
head: To remove the head from a fish
The salmon are first headed and then scaled.
head: Coming from in front
head wind.
head: The toilet of a ship
I've got to go to the head.
head: A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head
Let the engine build up a good head of steam.
head: The principal melody or theme of a piece
head: The headstock of a guitar
head: Leader; chief; mastermind
Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night.
head: Of, relating to, or intended for the head
head: A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned.
head: More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight
head: The glans penis
head: Mental or emotional aptitude or skill
He has no head for heights.
head: The topmost, foremost, or leading part
What does it say on the head of the page?.
head: A single animal
they shot 20 head of quail.
head: Mind; one's own thoughts
This song keeps going through my head.
head: Deposits near the top of a geological succession
head: An individual person
Admission is three dollars a head.
head: A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member
head: (Can we clean up() this sense?) The front, as of a queue
Because you got them all right, you can go to the head.
head: denouement; crisis
These isses are going to come to a head today.
head: The population of game
planting the hedges increased the head of quail and doves.
head: Headway; progress
We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.
head: The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point
head: adv. precipitately, as in diving
head: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"
head: {n} a chief, the top, what contains the brain
head: {v} to lead, govern, lop, top, behead, go in front, have a source or originate
Head: (Anatomi) capitis
Head: An English surname
Head: atama
Head: headpiece
Head: men
behead: One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
behead: To remove the head
behead: To sever the head from; to take off the head of
behead: {f} decapitate, chop off someone's head
behead: If someone is beheaded, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime. Charles I was beheaded by the Cromwellians. = decapitate. to cut off someone's head as a punishment
behead: The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
behead: One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
behead: cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"
behead: To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
behead: Beggary
behead: The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
behead: In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
behead: To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
behead: One who makes it his business to ask alms
head: If you are heading for a particular place, you are going towards that place. In American English, you can also say that you are headed for a particular place. He headed for the bus stop It is not clear how many of them will be heading back to Saudi Arabia tomorrow She and her child boarded a plane headed to where her family lived
head: {f} lead, direct; be at the front; go in a certain direction
head: You use a head or per head after stating a cost or amount in order to indicate that that cost or amount is for each person in a particular group. This simple chicken dish costs less than £1 a head
head: This is a top level element in every HTML document which encapsulates information and directions in an unordered fashion that are about the HTML document No actual document content is located in the HEAD element
head: The head of a school is the teacher who is in charge. = head teacher
head: Upper part of the body
head: If a problem or disagreement comes to a head or is brought to a head, it becomes so bad that something must be done about it. These problems came to a head in September when five of the station's journalists were sacked
head: To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail
head: A drum head
head: 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 chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon
head: (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
head: (also "clubhead") the part of the club that is intended to make contact with the ball Example: The head of the club had mud all over it
head: The vertical height of water in a reservoir above the turbine or the difference between the surface of the reservoir and the surface of the river immediately downstream from the turbine and dam Also called hydraulic head
head: {s} chief, leading, main, principal
head: That part of a Web document, at the beginning, which contains meta-information about the document
head: The part of the racket comprising the frame and strings
head: The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will
head: a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads"
head: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"
head: If you stand an idea or argument on its head or turn it on its head, you think about it or treat it in a completely new and different way. Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head
head: (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"
head: forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"
head: If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid. I don't have a head for business
head: (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
head: form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year"
head: oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head"
head: The front body section It contains many of the sensory structures, as well as the mouthparts
head: If you knock something on the head, you stop it. When we stop enjoying ourselves we'll knock it on the head
head: If you say that someone has got something into their head, you mean that they have finally understood or accepted it, and you are usually criticizing them because it has taken them a long time to do this. Managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer accept inefficient operations
head: a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
head: Top of the book, esp at the spine
head: a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"
head: Your head is the top part of your body, which has your eyes, mouth, and brain in it. She turned her head away from him
head: If you have a bad head, you have a headache. I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk
head: Mental aptitude or talent
head: The end of a hammer, axe, or similar implement used for striking other objects
head: a group of leaves or flowers at the end of stem
head: to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"
head: A headmaster or headmistress
head: unit (measure word for livestock)
head: The top part of the racquet that contains the strings, the head is also called 'the hoop '
head: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
head: If something or someone is heading for a particular result, the situation they are in is developing in a way that makes that result very likely. In American English, you can also say that something or someone is headed for a particular result. The latest talks aimed at ending the civil war appear to be heading for deadlock The centuries-old ritual seems headed for extinction
head: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"
head: To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river
head: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
head: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
head: a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin" (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer" (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!" that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus" (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack" the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list" the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam" a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet" a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads" a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation" an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head" the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam" the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head" the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) remove the head of; "head the fish" to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year" be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president" be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class" take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
head: the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam"
head: The part of the body of an animal or human, or representation thereof, which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs
head: a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
head: the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"
head: (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!"
head: Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height
head: The head of something long and thin is the end which is wider than or a different shape from the rest, and which is often considered to be the most important part. Keep the head of the club the same height throughout the swing
head: The head of a company or organization is the person in charge of it and in charge of the people in it. Heads of government from more than 100 countries gather in Geneva tomorrow. the head waiter
head: The blunt end of a nail, screw, tack, pin or similar fastener
head: take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
head: The source of a river; the end where water flows into a lake
head: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
head: A variant of -hood
head: If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority. He was reprimanded for trying to go over the heads of senior officers
head: (hydr) (meas) [1] The vertical distance from the point where water enters an intake to the point where the water leaves a HYDROPOWER device It is generally measured in feet or meters The product of the head times the FLOW is a measurement of potential POWER [2] The vertical distance a liquid must be pumped from its source to its point of use or storage F - chute d'eau [1]-[2] S - altura
head: If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk. That wine was strong, it went to your head
head: the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"
head: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
head: fellatio; oral sex
head: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
head: If somebody takes it into their head to do something, especially something strange or foolish, they suddenly decide to do it. He suddenly took it into his head to go out to Australia to stay with his son
head: If two or more people put their heads together, they talk about a problem they have and try to solve it. So everyone put their heads together and eventually an amicable arrangement was reached
head: be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"
head: The electromagnetic device used to read and write to and from magnetic media such as hard and floppy disks, tape drives, and compact discs The head converts the information read into electrical pulses sent tot he computer for processing
head: 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
head: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
head: The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler
head: The top of a sail
head: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
head: The head is the top of the sail On modern sails, the head is supported by battens, and usually twists to leeward as the wind increases
head: (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"
head: the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
head: {i} uppermost part of the body containing the brain; mind, understanding; leader, person in authority; top; forefront; crisis, climax; devotee, enthusiast (Slang); device in a drive which reads and writes information (Computers)
head: The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc
head: Top edge of a leaf, board, or bound volume, opposite from the surface on which the volume rests when it is shelved upright (LBI Standard, Glossary, p 14)
head: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
head: If a piece of writing is headed a particular title, it has that title written at the beginning of it. One chapter is headed, `Beating the Test'
head: If you toss a coin and it comes down heads, you can see the side of the coin which has a picture of a head on it. `We might toss up for it,' suggested Ted. `If it's heads, then we'll talk.' Heads or tails?
head: disapproval If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous. He's gone completely off his head
head: A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head
head: The vertical distance water drops from the highest level to the level of the receiving body of water
head: If you head a ball in football, you hit it with your head in order to make it go in a particular direction. He headed the ball across the face of the goal. see also heading
head: To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head? To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early
head: 1) The upper edge of a square sail 2) The upper corner of a fore-and-aft sail 3) The top portion of a mast 4) The bow of a vessel 5) By extension, the latrine, so named because of its usual position at the "head" (4) of the ship
head: The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers
head: remove the head of; "head the fish"
head: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"
head: If you get a fact or idea into your head, you suddenly realize or think that it is true and you usually do not change your opinion about it. Once they get an idea into their heads, they never give up
head: If you head a department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it. Michael Williams, who heads the department's Office of Civil Rights. the ruling Socialist Party, headed by Dr Franz Vranitzky
head: the central or most important element in a construction which determines the external distribution of the construction and places certain requirements on the words or constituents it occurs with For example, the verb saw is head of the sentence The big man saw Mary and of the VP saw Mary Nouns are heads of NPs, prepositions are heads of PPs, adjectives of APs, etc In lexicography, head is another term for headword
head: If someone or something heads a line or procession, they are at the front of it. The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard
head: the part of the disk drive that does the reading and writing of data
head: emphasis From head to foot means all over your body. Colin had been put into a bath and been scrubbed from head to foot
head: To behead; to decapitate
head: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
head: If something heads a list or group, it is at the top of it. Running a business heads the list of ambitions among the 1,000 people interviewed by Good Housekeeping magazine
head: The front of a queue
head: the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"
head: an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"
head: Each one among many; an individual; often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle
head: The portion of a web page not displayed by the browser (e g , not visible on your computer screen), bounded by head tags that contains the metatags for the page For example, the title of the web page is the text inserted between the title tags It displays in the title bar of the browser window Title tags belong in the head portion of a web document
head: If you say that you cannot make head nor tail of something or you cannot make head or tail of it, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand it at all. I couldn't make head nor tail of the damn film
head: The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea
head: If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs. The group's problems have led to speculation that heads will roll. American costume designer for more than 1,000 motion pictures, including All About Eve (1950) and A Place in the Sun (1951). head rhyme Dunnet Head Head Bessie Head Edith
head: The electromagnetic read/write device that detects/imposes flux transitions on the magnetic medium For example, a disk with four heads has four magnetic surfaces, or platters
head: emphasis Phrases such as laugh your head off and scream your head off can be used to emphasize that someone is laughing or screaming a lot or very loudly. He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off
head: Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook
head: a) Toilet/Basin/Shower b) The top corner of a sail that is connected to the halyard
head: The head of something is the highest or top part of it. the head of the stairs Every day a different name was placed at the head of the chart. = top
head: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) remove the head of; "head the fish"
head: If you keep your head above water, you just avoid getting into difficulties; used especially to talk about business. We are keeping our head above water, but our cash flow position is not too good
head: The bow of a nautical vessel
head: the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"
head: The most important taxonomic structures on the head are the antennae, palps and clypeus The antennae are composed of two major parts, the long first segment, the scape, which is attached to the head, and the remaining shorter segments, collectively called the funiculus The important characteristics of the antennae include the number of segments (when counting the number of segments, the scape is always included), the length of the scape (usually in relation to the length of the head), and, in some groups, the position of antennae when at rest against the front of the head
head: A measure of the pressure at a point tin a water system: expressed in pounds per square or in the height of a column of water which would produce the pressure
head: the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
head: You can use head to refer to your mind and your mental abilities. an exceptional analyst who could do complex maths in his head
head: If you stand on your head, you balance upside down with the top of your head and your hands on the ground
head: If something such as an idea, joke, or comment goes over someone's head, it is too difficult for them to understand. I admit that a lot of the ideas went way over my head
head: To set on the head; as, to head a cask
head: If you are head over heels or head over heels in love, you are very much in love
head: a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"
head: To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees
head: be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president"
head: The element which contains information about the document including the TITLE
head: the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head
head: take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
head: a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"
head: 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
head: The topmost, foremost, leading or principal operative part of anything
head: The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like
head: The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball
head: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
head: Power; armed force
head: A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon
head: disapproval If you say that something such as praise or success goes to someone's head, you are criticizing them because you think that it makes them too proud or confident. Ford is definitely not a man to let a little success go to his head
head: If you say that something unpleasant or embarrassing rears its ugly head or raises its ugly head, you mean that it occurs, often after not occurring for some time. There was a problem which reared its ugly head about a week after she moved back in
head: the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
head: The head on a glass of beer is the layer of small bubbles that form on the top of the beer
head: Mental or emotional control
head: 1) The elevation of the groundwater table above a specified point 2) The height above a standard reference (datum) of the surface of a column of water or other liquid Head is the sum of three components at a point: a) Elevation head, which is equal to the elevation of the point above a datum, b) Pressure head, which is the height of a column of static water that can be supported by static pressure at the point, and c) Velocity head, which is the height the kinetic energy of the liquid is capable of lifting the liquid
head: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"