'ead

Noun

head (countable and uncountable, plural heads or head)

1. (countable) 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.

   Synonyms:

   caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

   1. (people) Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
      • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.
   2. (figuratively, metonymically, people) Mind; one's own thoughts.
      • This song keeps going through my head.
   3. (people) A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
      • He found whist, and gymkhanas, and things of that kind (meant to amuse one after office) good; but he took them seriously, too, just as seriously as he took the “head” that followed after drink.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Thrown Away”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., →OCLC, page 15
   4. (people) A headdress; a covering for the head.
      • a laced head
   5. (figuratively, metonymically, people) An individual person.
      • Admission is three dollars a head.

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