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The correct spelling is heads.
How to pronounce heads
/hɛdz/
nounIPA: /hɛdz/
Say it like: Hee-ds
The correct spelling is heads. The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. For example: "Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite."
Usage Examples
“Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.”
“What does it say at the head of the page?”
“We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
- 2.The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- 3.(social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
- 4.A significant or important part.
- 5.Headway; progress.
interjection
- 1.A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads.
verb
- 1.To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- 2.To come at the beginning of; to commence.
- 3.To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- 4.To move in a specified direction.
- 5.To remove the head from a fish.
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