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📖 Определения и значения для слова head

📒 the part of the body on top of the neck containing the eyes, nose, mouth and brain

  • She nodded her head in agreement.
  • He shook his head in disbelief.
  • The boys hung their heads in shame.

📒 the mind or brain

  • I sometimes wonder what goes on in that head of yours.
  • I wish you'd use your head (= think carefully before doing or saying something).
  • The thought never entered my head.

📒 the size of a person’s or animal’s head, used as a measurement of distance or height

  • She's a good head taller than her sister.
  • The favourite won by a short head (= a distance slightly less than the length of a horse's head).

📒 a continuous pain in your head

  • I woke up with a really bad head this morning.

📒 the person in charge of a group of people or an organization

  • head of something the heads of government/state
  • She resigned as head of department.
  • I've asked the department head for an appointment.

📒 the person in charge of a school or college

  • I've been called in to see the Head.
  • the deputy head
  • I remember sitting outside the Head's office waiting to be called in.

📒 the side of a coin that has a picture of the head of a person on it, used as one choice when a coin is tossed to decide something

  • I called heads and it came down tails.

📒 the end of a long narrow object that is larger or wider than the rest of it

  • the head of a nail

📒 the top or highest part of something

  • at the head of the page
  • They finished the season at the head of their league.

📒 the place where a river begins

📒 the most important seat at a table

  • The President sat at the head of the table.

📒 the position at the front of a line of people

  • The prince rode at the head of his regiment.

📒 the mass of leaves or flowers at the end of a stem

  • Remove the dead heads to encourage new growth.

📒 the mass of small bubbles on the top of a glass of beer

📒 the part of a spot on your skin that contains a thick yellow liquid (= pus)

📒 the component of a sound or video recording system that converts data on the disk or tape into digital electronic data (and the other way round)

📒 used to say how many animals of a particular type are on a farm, in a herd, etc.

  • 200 head of sheep

📒 the pressure produced by steam in a small space

  • The old engine still manages to build up a good head of steam.

📒 oral sex (= using the mouth to give somebody sexual pleasure)

  • to give head

📒 the central part of a phrase, which has the same grammatical function as the whole phrase. In the phrase ‘the tall man in a suit’, man is the head.

📒 to force people to stop arguing and behave in a sensible way

📒 to keep trying to do something that will never be successful

  • Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall.

📒 to be much better than other people or things

  • His performance stood head and shoulders above the rest.

📒 to shout at somebody in an angry way, especially without reason

📒 if you bring a situation to a head or if a situation comes to a head, you are forced to deal with it quickly because it suddenly becomes very bad

  • The chairman's resignation finally brought matters to a head.
  • The dispute finally came to a head in March that year.
  • Things came to a head when several of the nurses made a formal complaint.

📒 to refuse to admit that a problem exists or refuse to deal with it

📒 to be unable to understand something

  • I couldn't make head nor tail of what he was saying.

📒 to make somebody feel confused, upset and/or annoyed

  • Shut up! You're doing my head in.

📒 to be able to do something very easily and without having to think too much

📒 to make somebody remember something by repeating it a lot of times

📒 covering your whole body

  • We were covered from head to foot in mud.
  • She was dressed from head to toe in red.

📒 to sleep

  • I managed to get my head down for an hour.

📒 to avoid attracting attention to yourself

📒 to be able to understand or accept something

  • She's dead. I can't get my head round it yet.

📒 to start to understand or think something

  • When will you get it into your head that I don't want to discuss this any more!
  • For some reason she's got it into her head that I don't like her.

📒 to allow somebody to do what they want without trying to stop them

📒 to give somebody hopes about something that may not be possible or likely; to make somebody act or think in an unreasonable way

  • Who's been putting ideas into his head?

📒 to deal with somebody in a very direct and determined way

  • The company will be going head to head with the giant of the pharmaceuticals market.

📒 to make you feel drunk

  • That glass of wine has gone straight to my head.

📒 to make you feel too proud of yourself in a way that other people find annoying

📒 to be aware of everything that is happening around you, even things that seem difficult or impossible to see

  • You can’t get away with anything in her class. She has eyes in the back of her head.

📒 to be a sensible person

📒 to be good at something

  • to have a head for figures/business

📒 if somebody does not have a head for heights, they feel nervous and think they are going to fall when they look down from a high place

📒 to be reading

  • She always has her nose in a book.

📒 to be thinking about something that is not connected with what you are doing

📒 to have ideas, plans, etc. that are not realistic

📒 to be a sensible person

📒 to have somewhere to live

  • Thanks to Bob’s generosity, I still have a roof over my head.

📒 for each person

  • The meal worked out at $20 a head.

📒 moving forwards or downwards with your head in front of the rest of your body

  • He fell head first down the stairs.

📒 without thinking carefully about something before acting

  • She got divorced and rushed head first into another marriage.

📒 your head feels as though it is going round and round and you cannot balance, especially because you are ill or confused or have had a shock; to make you feel like this

  • Her head was spinning from the pain.
  • His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin.

📒 loving somebody very much

  • He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss.

📒 used to ask somebody which side of a coin they think will be facing upwards when it is tossed in order to decide something by chance

📒 used to say that some people will be punished because of something that has happened

📒 to say something that is exactly right

📒 to force somebody to do something that they do not want to do, by making threats

📒 to be proud of or not feel ashamed about something that you have done

  • She managed to hold her head high and ignore what people were saying.

📒 used to threaten somebody that you will hit them

📒 involved in something that is too difficult for you to deal with

  • After a week in the new job, I soon realized that I was in over my head.

📒 to remain calm in a difficult situation

  • She needed to keep a clear head if she was to remain in control.

📒 to deal with a difficult situation, especially one in which you have financial problems, and just manage to survive

  • I’m not sure how much longer we’ll be able to keep our heads above water.

📒 to avoid attracting attention to yourself

  • If I were you, I’d keep your head down for a couple of weeks.

📒 to laugh very loudly and for a long time

📒 to laugh, etc. a lot and very loudly

📒 to act according to what you feel rather than to what you think is sensible

📒 in a bad mood; in an angry way

  • I should keep out of his way. He’s like a bear with a sore head this morning.

📒 to become unable to act in a calm or sensible way

📒 to make somebody feel annoyed, anxious or upset

  • When they spend all this time on social media, they are seeing things that mess with their heads.

📒 to be crazy

📒 to not spend time/effort on something, because it is not important or you are not interested in it

📒 to not hurt somebody physically in any way

📒 just guessing or using your memory, without taking time to think carefully or check the facts

  • I can't remember the name off the top of my head, but I can look it up for you.

📒 used to describe a young person who acts in a more sensible way than you would expect for a person of their age

📒 used to tell somebody that they will have to accept any unpleasant results of something that they decide to do

  • Tell him the truth if you want to, but on your own head be it!

📒 crazy

📒 not knowing what you are saying or doing because of the effects of alcohol or drugs

📒 too difficult or complicated for somebody to understand

  • A lot of the jokes went (= were) right over my head.

📒 to a higher position of authority than somebody

  • I couldn't help feeling jealous when she was promoted over my head.
  • I’m not happy that you went over my head to ask for this time off.

📒 an amount of money that is offered for capturing or killing somebody

  • Ever since he killed the gang’s leader, there has been a price on his head.

📒 to risk losing your job, damaging your reputation, etc. by doing or saying something

  • It's not a matter that I'm prepared to put my head on the block for.

📒 to think about or discuss something as a group

📒 if something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it appears or happens

📒 to make you feel that you can still hear something

  • His warning was still ringing in my ears.

📒 to think hard in order to find an answer to something

  • Experts have been scratching their heads over the increase in teenage crime.

📒 to make people think about something in a completely different way

📒 to be remembered for a long time

  • One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind.

📒 to suddenly start thinking something, especially something that other people think is stupid

📒 to suddenly decide to do something, especially something that other people think is stupid

📒 a physical condition in which your head is painful or you cannot think clearly as a result of an illness or of drinking too much alcohol

  • You’re going to have a thick head in the morning!

📒 to make a person feel too proud in a way that other people find annoying

📒 used to say that two people can achieve more than one person working alone

📒 used to tell somebody to think about something, especially when they have asked for your opinion or said something stupid

  • ‘Why don't you want to see him again?’ ‘Oh, use your head!’
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