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Webster 1913 Edition
Heed
Heed
(hēd)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Heeded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heeding
.] [OE.
heden
, AS. hēdan
; akin to OS. hōdian
, D. hoeden
, Fries. hoda
, OHG. huoten
, G. hüten
, Dan. hytte
. √13. Cf. Hood
.] To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
Syn. – To notice; regard; mind. See
Attend
, Verb.
T.
Heed
,Verb.
I.
To mind; to consider.
Heed
,Noun.
1.
Attention; notice; observation; regard; – often with give or take.
With wanton
heed
and giddy cunning. Milton.
Amasa took no
heed
to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. 2 Sam. xx. 10.
Birds give more
heed
and mark words more than beasts. Bacon.
2.
Careful consideration; obedient regard.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest
heed
to the things which we have heard. Heb. ii. 1.
3.
A look or expression of heading.
[R.]
He did it with a serious mind; a
Was in his countenance.
– heed
Was in his countenance.
Shakespeare
Heed′ful-ly
, adv.
Heed′ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Heed
HEED
,Verb.
T.
With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.
HEED
,Noun.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning.
1.
Caution; care; watch for danger; notice; circumspection; usually preceded by take. Take heed of evil company. Take heed to your ways.
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 2 Sam.20.
2.
Notice; observation; regard; attention; often preceded by give. The preacher gave good heed. Eccles.12.
Neither give heed to fables. 1 Tim.1.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed. Heb.2.
3.
Seriousness; a steady look. A heed.
Was in his countenance. [Unusual.]
Definition 2025
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See also: Heed
English
Noun
heed (uncountable)
- Careful attention.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
Usage notes
- Often used with give, pay or take.
Synonyms
- (careful attention): attention, notice, observation, regard
Translations
attention
Verb
heed (third-person singular simple present heeds, present participle heeding, simple past and past participle heeded)
- (obsolete) To guard, protect.
- (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
- Dryden
- With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.
- 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
- Dryden
- (intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.
Translations
to mind
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to pay attention
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English hēafod.
Noun
heed (plural heeds)
- head (anatomy)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: head
References
p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.