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Hed

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

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noun
  1. 1

    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."

  2. 2

    The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

    "What does it say at the head of the page?"

  3. 3

    (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.

  4. 4

    A significant or important part.

noun
  1. 1

    The headline of a news story.

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headnoun(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
k-hednoun(US, journalism) A brief news item in a newspaper consisting of a one-line heading and a single paragraph, especially one of little interest added to fill space.
headlinesenounThe jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium.
hammernounA tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
headline-esenounAlternative form of headlinese. [The jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium.]
running headnounAlternative form of running headline. [Text (such as a title) printed at the top of every (or every other) page of a book, newspaper, etc.]
headingverbThe title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
hdg.nounAbbreviation of heading. [The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.]
hedgetopnounThe top of a hedge.
headernounThe upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
headwordnounA word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
heads-upnoun(chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
heads upnoun(poker) Containing only two players.
newsholenounAlternative form of news hole. [The amount of space in a newspaper or broadcast news show that remains for journalism after advertising has been placed; the amount of content a news provider needs to create in every publishing cycle.]
headtermnoun(linguistics), (terminology), (terminography) A term used as the title of a section, particularly in a terminological dictionary.
hard newsnoun(journalism, broadcasting) Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events.
hatchnounA horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
hedgienoun(finance, informal) A hedge fund trader.
hadenoun(geology) A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip.
heedancenounHeed.

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