Commentary: HEAD[+anatomical][+animal][+uppermost] the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
Examples:
He suffered severe head injuries in the accident.
There are cases of two-headed calves on record.
John has a thick head of hair.
His firm is still holding its head high despite the scandal from last year. (metaphoric)
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: HEAD[+quantity][+count][+animal/+person]
Examples:
He'll buy 200 head of cattle.
There was only one head of pig left on the farm.
Tickets to the movie were $5 per head.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: HEAD[+activity][+consciousness] cognitive activity that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
Examples:
Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
I couldn't get his words out of my head.
It's all in your head.
He's got quite a head on his shoulders. (figurative; he is smart, not a large physical head)
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: HEAD[+person][+leader] top dog - a person who is in charge
Examples:
The head of the whole operation gets the corner office.
They should go to the head of the school with this problem
Who is now head of security?
It was announced that the CEO will no longer be head of daily operations.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: HEAD[+quantity][+pressure] the pressure exerted by a fluid
Examples:
The engine worked up a head of steam.
You'll need a good head of steam to iron out those wrinkles.
They are building up a head of steam on the launch of their new video game. (metaphoric)
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: HEAD[+relation][+position][+beginning]
NOTE: 'head of NP' highlights a -place- not an anatomical part or quality of the NP
Examples:
The head of the stairs is over there.
Start reading at the head of the page.
The SEC has been at the head of this imbroglio from the start.
The general rode to the head of his army, leading the way.
They tracked him back toward the head of the stream.
The photographer had the model stand at the head of the Grecian column.
Mary graduated at the head of her class in medical school.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: HEAD[+tool][+household][+part][+top]
Examples:
Try to hit the nails squarely on the head.
How did you manage to break off the head of this hammer?
Sally shook the head of the dust mop over the porch rail.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 29, 31
Commentary: HEAD[+quantity][+measure] 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.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11
Commentary: HEAD[+person][+consumer][+drugs] a user of (usually soft) drugs
Examples:
The office was full of secret heads.
He was a real acid head in college.
The military base was divided into drunks and heads.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 15
Commentary: HEAD[+state][+context][+difficult] serious straits, a difficult juncture
Examples:
They are trying to keep the situation from coming to a head.
Matters came to a head yesterday.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 20
Commentary: HEAD[+motion][+forward] headway - forward movement
Examples:
We can make no head if we sail directly against the wind.
Have they made any head with that sales negotiation. (figurative)
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 21
Commentary: HEAD[+anatomy][+animal][+muscle][+end] that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
Examples:
Bob experienced sore heads along his forearms after his workout at the gym.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 26
Commentary: HEAD[+drink][+beer][+froth] the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
Examples:
Don't let her man the keg, she always pours a cup that is half head.
Look at all the head on that beer.
A well-drawn glass of Guinness has a smooth, creamy head.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 18
Commentary: HEAD[+document][+section][+title] header - a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
Examples:
John skimmed the heads of the sections, looking for specifics on power supplies.
Your presentation will come under the head of minor Roman poets. (figurative)
Make sure that you put the heads of each subsection in bold type.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 23, 24
Commentary: HEAD[+tool][+part][+IO_device][+electromagnet] a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
Examples:
The head on this disk drive may be damaged.
How fast does the head move during a write?
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 27
Commentary: HEAD[+artifact][+coin][+side] (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head
Examples:
Call heads or tails.
Heads I win, tails you lose.
The head of this coin bears the cameo of Queen Victoria.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 28
Commentary: HEAD:[+receptacle][+toilet] a toilet on board a boat or ship slang: any toilet
Examples:
There is a head on this boat on the starboard side of the bow.
The soldiers dug a long ditch to use as a head.
The men's head is stopped up again.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 30
Commentary: HEAD[+language][+grammar][+constituent][+controlling]
Examples:
What is the head of the phrase 'the giant condor of California'?
The modifiers must agree in case and gender with the head noun.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: HEAD[+anatomy][+plant][+crown]
Examples:
Break the broccoli heads into small florets.
The naughty child snipped the heads off the daisies in Mrs. Miller's garden.
The ripe, golden heads of the wheat rippled in the wind.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 12
Commentary: HEAD[+structure][+protuberance][+/-large]
Examples:
Let's climb to the head of Bird Rock to get a better view.
The sailors could just see the head of the land ahead through the dusk.
The pimple on his nose came to a head.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10, 16
Commentary: HEAD[+mass][+round]
Examples:
The head of the comet was just a point of light through our telescope.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 17
Commentary: HEAD[+artifact][+instrument][+compass][+arrow]
Examples:
The compass head is now pointing due east.
The head spun wildly in the presence of the magnet.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 22
Commentary: HEAD[+anatomy][+animal][+bone][+end]
Examples:
The x-ray shows stress damage to the heads of her toe bones.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 25
Commentary: HEAD[+instrument][+musical][+percussion]
Examples:
He beat the head of the drum with a big stick.
The heads of those African drums are made of some type of animal skin.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 24
Commentary: HEAD[+activity][+sex][+oral] oral genital stimulation
Examples:
Mary was appalled when John tried to seduce her by bragging that he "gives good head".
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 33
Commentary: Idiom: out_of_one's head
Examples:
He was out of his head for days with a raging fever.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: idiom
Commentary: Idiom: off_one's_head
Examples:
She was off her head to go in on that real estate deal.
Are you off your head, I'd never go out with Bob!
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom
Commentary: Idiom: by_the_head
Examples:
This boat sails by the head.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: idiom
Commentary: Idiom: over_one's_head
Examples:
His lectures on Calabi-Yau manifolds were over John's head.
The sales force is complaining that this new technology is over their head.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: idiom
Commentary: Idiom: stand_on_its_head (figurative, not literal)
Examples:
This project needs to be stood on its head.
He is standing the whole department on its head and they don't like it much.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: idiom
Commentary: Idiom: head_to_head
Examples:
The companies are going head to head in trying to gain market share.
John and Pete went head to head in the final round of the robot competition.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: idiom
Commentary: Idiom: head_and_shoulders
Examples:
My Powerbook is head and shoulders above any other laptop I've ever used.
Their track record for customer satisfaction is head and shoulders above the competition.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: idiom