head

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head is on the Basic English 850 List.
he - head - healthy
head is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
he - head - health

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Noun[change]

Singular
head

Plural
heads

A woman's head
  1. (countable) The head is the highest and most important part of the body.
    He put his head on the desk and fell asleep.
  2. The head is the owner of something.
    After a series of problems, the head of the company left.
  3. The bathroom on a ship is called the head.
  4. (countable) (grammar) The head is the function of the most important element in a phrase.

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Verb[change]

Plain form
head

Third-person singular
heads

Past tense
headed

Past participle
headed

Present participle
heading

  1. (transitive) To go in a direction is to head there.
    Bill heads for the mall after work.

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Parts of the head (edit)

hair - scalp - forehead - ears - eyes - eyebrows - eyelashes - eyelids - nose - cheek - mouth - lips - teeth - gums - roof (palate) - tongue - jaw - chin


Parts of the body (edit)
head ears - eyes - eyebrow - nose - mouth - lips - tongue - tooth (pl. teeth) - cheeks - chin
torso neck - throat - shoulders - chest - breasts - ribs - abdomen - pelvis - back
internal organs heart - lungs - liver - stomach - kidneys - intestines - bladder - ovaries - uterus/womb
extremities arms - hands - fingers - legs - feet - toes
sex organs penis - vagina - testicle - ovary - vulva


Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement- adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause