head|way /he dwe I / PHRASE If you make headway , you progress towards achieving something. □ There was concern in the city that police were making little headway in the investigation.
head|wind /he dw I nd/ (headwinds ) also head-wind N‑COUNT A headwind is a wind which blows in the opposite direction to the one in which you are moving.
head|word /he dwɜː r d/ (headwords ) N‑COUNT In a dictionary, a headword is a word which is followed by an explanation of its meaning.
heady /he di/ (headier , headiest ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] A heady drink, atmosphere, or experience strongly affects your senses, for example by making you feel drunk or excited. □ …in the heady days just after their marriage.
heal ◆◇◇ /hiː l/ (heals , healing , healed )
1 VERB When a broken bone or other injury heals or when something heals it, it becomes healthy and normal again. □ [V ] Within six weeks the bruising had gone, but it was six months before it all healed. □ [be V -ed] Therapies like acupuncture do work and many people have been healed by them.
2 VERB If you heal something such as a rift or a wound, or if it heals , the situation is put right so that people are friendly or happy again. □ [V n] Today Sophie and her sister have healed the family rift and visit their family every weekend. □ [V ] The psychological effects on the United States were immense and in Washington the wounds have still not fully healed.
heal|er /hiː lə r / (healers ) N‑COUNT A healer is a person who heals people, especially a person who heals through prayer and religious faith.
health ◆◆◆ /he lθ/
1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft with poss] A person's health is the condition of their body and the extent to which it is free from illness or is able to resist illness. □ Caffeine is bad for your health.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Health is a state in which a person is not suffering from any illness and is feeling well. □ In hospital they nursed me back to health.
3 N‑UNCOUNT The health of something such as an organization or a system is its success and the fact that it is working well. □ There's no way to predict the future health of the banking industry.
hea lth care wo rk|er (health care workers ) N‑COUNT A health care worker is someone who works in a hospital or health centre.
hea lth cen|tre (health centres ) in AM, use health center N‑COUNT A health centre is a building in which a group of doctors have offices or surgeries where their patients can visit them.
hea lth club (health clubs ) N‑COUNT A health club is a private club that people go to in order to do exercise and have beauty treatments.
hea lth farm (health farms ) N‑COUNT A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use spa
hea lth food (health foods ) N‑VAR [oft N n] Health foods are natural foods without artificial ingredients which people buy because they consider them to be good for them.
health|ful /he lθfʊl/ ADJ Something that is healthful is good for your health. □ Does the college cafeteria provide a healthful diet?
hea lth visi|tor (health visitors ) N‑COUNT In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
healthy ◆◇◇ /he lθi/ (healthier , healthiest )
1 ADJ Someone who is healthy is well and is not suffering from any illness. □ Most of us need to lead more balanced lives to be healthy and happy. ● healthi|ly /he lθ I li/ ADV [usu ADV after v] □ What I really want is to live healthily for as long as possible.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If a feature or quality that you have is healthy , it makes you look well or shows that you are well. □ …the glow of healthy skin.
3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that is healthy is good for your health. □ …a healthy diet.
4 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A healthy organization or system is successful. □ …an economically healthy socialist state.
5 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A healthy amount of something is a large amount that shows success. □ He predicts a continuation of healthy profits in the current financial year.
6 ADJ If you have a healthy attitude about something, you show good sense. □ She has a refreshingly healthy attitude to work.
heap /hiː p/ (heaps , heaping , heaped )
1 N‑COUNT A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a rather untidy way. □ [+ of ] …a heap of bricks. □ He has dug up the tiles that cover the floor and left them in a heap.
2 VERB If you heap things somewhere, you arrange them in a large pile. □ [V n prep/adv] Mrs. Madrigal heaped more carrots onto Michael's plate. ● PHRASAL VERB Heap up means the same as heap . □ [V P n] Off to one side, the militia was heaping up wood for a bonfire. [Also V n P ]
3 VERB If you heap praise or criticism on someone or something, you give them a lot of praise or criticism. □ [V n + on/upon ] The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of the conspirators.
4 QUANT Heaps of something or a heap of something is a large quantity of it. [INFORMAL ] □ [+ of ] You have heaps of time. □ [+ of ] I got in a heap of trouble.