head

«head» in Mova's school dictionary: the top part of your body, with your eyes, nose, mouth… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (head, heads); verb (head, heads, headed, heading); adjective (head teacher, head chef)

meaning for a pupil

1) Your head is the top part of your body, with your eyes, nose, mouth, ears and brain. tree →

2) The head of a group is the leader or the person in charge, like the head teacher. tree →

3) The head of something is its top or front part, like the head of the table or the head of a line. tree →

4) Heads is the side of a coin with a face on it. tree →

5) To head somewhere is to go towards it. tree →

6) To head a ball is to hit it with your head. tree →

7) A head of lettuce or cabbage is one whole one. tree →

sense in the lessons

One per animal or person, used for counting animals (heads and legs); the heads side of a coin in chance problems. In science: the brain is in the head; wear a helmet to protect your head. In stories: the knight headed for the castle. Phrases: «head home», «head start», «heads or tails», «per head», «use your head», «head over heels».

examples

• The farm has 20 heads and 56 legs of hens and cows. tree →
• Each head of lettuce costs 2 dollars. tree →
• The coin landed on heads 7 times. tree →
• They headed home after 3 hours. tree →
• Always wear a helmet to protect your head on a bike. tree →
• Our head teacher talked at assembly. tree →
• Use your head and think before you answer. tree →
• The ticket costs 5 dollars per head. tree →
• "Yes," she said, nodding her head. tree →

note

Counting heads counts animals or people (one each); heads-and-legs puzzles compare legs. «Per head» means for each person. Trap: «a head of lettuce» is one lettuce, not a body part. A fair coin gives heads about half the time. Hit your head hard? Tell an adult.

In the corpora

• Work can be tiring in the head, not only in the body.
• A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.
• A rest is a written silence with a length you count, so the music keeps moving in your head while you stay quiet.
• A song stuck in your head is called an earworm; scientists call it involuntary musical imagery, and most people get them.
• On a real head the eyes sit about halfway down, not near the top.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «head» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.