English words starting with he

Meanings of He:

pronoun

Used to refer to a man, boy, or male animal previously mentioned or easily identified.

Usage examples:

Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman

noun

A male; a man.

Usage examples:

Is that a he or a she?

abbreviation

High explosive.

The chemical element helium.

Meanings of He who laughs last laughs best:

idiom

Said to emphasize that the person who has control of a situation in the end is most successful, even if other people had seemed originally to have an advantage

Meanings of Head:

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

suffix

Equivalent to -hood.

Usage examples:

Maidenhead

Meanings of Head and shoulders:

adjective

Designating a portrait, likeness, photograph, etc., in which only the head and shoulders are shown.

noun

A head-and-shoulders portrait or likeness.

idiom

Much better than other people or things

Usage examples:

Natasha is head and shoulders above the other dancers in her age group.

Meanings of Head and shoulders above:

idiom

Outstandingly superior to

phrase

Far superior to.

Usage examples:

You were just head and shoulders above all the other girls

Meanings of Head for:

phrasal verb

If you are heading for a bad situation, you are likely to experience it soon, because of your own actions or behaviour

Usage examples:

They're heading for disaster if they're not careful., the country is heading for recession.

Meanings of Head in clouds:

To not know the facts of a situation

Meanings of Head out:

idiom

Extremely silly

Usage examples:

He must be out of his mind to have spent that much money on an old car!

Meanings of Head over:

idiom

Completely in love

Meanings of Head start:

noun

An instance of starting ahead of or before others, as in a race, chase, etc., sometimes by a specified amount; the fact of having such an advantage.

Meanings of Head up:

idiom

Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

phrasal verb

Be in charge or control of something.

Usage examples:

She headed up two fraud squad teams within the city of london police

Meanings of Head-first:

idiom

With the head going first

Usage examples:

Dive head first into she dived head first into the pool.

Meanings of Head-in-the-clouds:

idiom

Guided by whim and fancy

Meanings of Head-of-hair:

idiom

A lot of hair

Usage examples:

Even as a tiny baby, she had a thick head of hair.

Meanings of Head-of-state:

noun

The official leader of a country, often someone who has few or no real political powers

Meanings of Head-off:

idiom

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

phrasal verb

Intercept and cause someone or something to turn aside.

Usage examples:

He ran up the road to head off approaching cars

Meanings of Head-on:

idiom

Meeting front to front

adjective

Involving the front of a vehicle or vehicles.

Usage examples:

A head-on collision

adverb

With the front of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

They hit a bus head-on

Meanings of Head-over-heels-in-love:

idiom

Completely in love with another person

Usage examples:

Laura fell head over heels in love with chris.

Meanings of Head-over-heels-in-love-with:

idiom

Completely in love with another person

Usage examples:

Laura fell head over heels in love with chris.

Meanings of Head-to-head:

adjective

Opposing each other in direct competition

Usage examples:

The two giant aircraft companies went head-to-head for the $2 billion order., tampa bay has no head…

Meanings of Headache:

noun

A continuous pain in the head.

Usage examples:

I've got a splitting headache

Meanings of Headaches:

noun

A continuous pain in the head.

Usage examples:

I've got a splitting headache

Meanings of Headachy:

adjective

Having a headache

Usage examples:

I knew i was getting a cold when i started feeling tired and headachy.

Meanings of Headbands:

noun

A band of fabric worn around the head as a decoration or to keep the hair or perspiration off the face.

Usage examples:

Soak hair-care items like combs, barrettes, hair ties or bands, headbands, and brushes in rubbing a…

Meanings of Headbanger:

noun

Someone who enjoys listening to loud, energetic rock music

Usage examples:

You don't have to be a hardcore headbanger to like that kind of music., jagger introduced him as th…