(geology, mining) To slope or incline from the vertical.
haed
hder
hdwe
head
head
adj
Coming from in front.
Foremost in rank or importance.
Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
Placed at the top or the front.
noun
(Britain) A headland.
(Britain, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
(anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
(automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
(billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
(computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
(coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
(countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
(engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
(figurative, metonymically) An individual person.
(figurative, metonymically) Mind; one's own thoughts.
(geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
(in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
(jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
(journalism) Short for headline.
(lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
(linguistics) 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.
(machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
(medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
(metonymically) A headmaster or headmistress.
(metonymically) Leader; chief; mastermind.
(music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
(music) The headstock of a guitar.
(music, slang, figurative, metonymically) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
(nautical) The toilet of a ship.
(obsolete) Power; armed force.
(only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
(plural head, measure word for livestock and game) A single animal.
(slang) The glans penis.
(slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
(slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
(uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
(uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
A headdress; a covering for the head.
A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
Headway; progress.
Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
The antlers of a deer.
The bow of a vessel.
The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
The leafy top part of a tree.
The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
The population of game.
The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
The top edge of a sail.
Topic; subject.
verb
(by extension) To check or restrain.
(fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
(intransitive) To form a head.
(intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
(intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
(transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
(transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
(transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
(transitive) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
(transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
(transitive, obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
To go in front of.
To set on the head.
heda
hede
hede
noun
(obsolete) Rank; order; condition; quality.
hedi
hedm
hedy
heed
heed
noun
Careful attention.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.
(obsolete) To guard, protect.
(transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
heid
held
held
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hold
hend
hend
verb
(obsolete) To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
herd
herd
noun
(now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.
(now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
verb
(intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
(intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
(intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
(transitive) To form or put into a herd.
(transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd
(transitive) To move or drive a herd.
(transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
hide
hide
noun
(countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
(countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
(countable) The skin of an animal.
(countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
(historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
(metonymically, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
(obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
verb
(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
To beat with a whip made from hide.
hied
hied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hie
hode
hode
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
hoed
hoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoe
hued
hued
adj
coloured; having a hue.
hyde
hyde
noun
Alternative form of hide (area of land)
verb
Obsolete form of hide.
ohed
ohed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oh
shed
shed
noun
(Britain, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
(Britain, rail transportation) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
(obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
(obsolete) A parting in the hair.
(obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
(obsolete) The top of the head.
(physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters; used in nuclear physics
(weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To fall in drops; to pour.
(obsolete, transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart.
(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
(transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
(transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.
(transitive, intransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
(transitive, music) to woodshed
(transitive, obsolete, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
(weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.