The noun head has 33 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)
1. (208) head, caput -- (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window")
2. (21) head -- (a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle")
3. (7) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous -- (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head")
4. (6) head, chief, top dog -- (a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation")
5. (6) head -- (the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack")
6. (3) head -- (the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam")
7. (1) head -- (the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list")
8. (1) fountainhead, headspring, head -- (the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream")
9. (1) head, head word -- ((grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent)
10. head -- (the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates))
11. head -- (the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head")
12. capitulum, head -- (a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce")
13. principal, school principal, head teacher, head -- (the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal")
14. head -- (an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head")
15. head -- (a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads")
16. promontory, headland, head, foreland -- (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))
17. head -- (a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet")
18. head -- (the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam")
19. forefront, head -- (the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column")
20. pass, head, straits -- (a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday")
21. headway, head -- (forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale")
22. point, head -- (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north")
23. question, head -- (the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets")
24. heading, header, head -- (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text")
25. head -- (the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus")
26. head -- (that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves)
27. read/write head, head -- ((computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk)
28. head -- ((usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!")
29. head -- (the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer")
30. head -- ((nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship)
31. head -- (a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin")
32. drumhead, head -- (a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum)
33. oral sex, head -- (oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head")
Overview of verb head
The verb head has 9 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (29) head -- (to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains")
2. (19) head, lead -- (be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?")
3. (3) lead, head -- (travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John")
4. (2) head, head up -- (be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class")
5. (2) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
6. head -- (take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas")
7. head -- (be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president")
8. head -- (form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year")