heed

[ heed ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.

verb (used without object)
  1. to give attention; have regard.

noun
  1. careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).

Origin of heed

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English heden, Old English hēdan; cognate with German hüten “to guard, protect”; akin to hood1

Other words for heed

Opposites for heed

Other words from heed

  • heeder, noun
  • un·heed·ed, adjective
  • un·heed·ed·ly, adverb
  • un·heed·ing, adjective
  • un·heed·ing·ly, adverb

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How to use heed in a sentence

  • None heeds, none cares, unless perhaps my comrades,—and they are far away and helpless.

    Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
  • But no one heeds him; all eyes are fixed upon the new comers.

    The Diamond Coterie | Lawrence L. Lynch
  • But if he heeds the call, and cheerfully goes where God appoints, God will go with him; he shall nevermore be left alone.

  • Symbolic it seemed of the world, that heeds not death; but moves, always onwards, replacing each one as he dies.

    Grey Town | Gerald Baldwin
  • "No godly maid who heeds her elders will take part in any such foolish and sinful wager," her grandfather continued.

British Dictionary definitions for heed

heed

/ (hiːd) /


noun
  1. close and careful attention; notice (often in the phrases give, pay, or take heed)

verb
  1. to pay close attention to (someone or something)

Origin of heed

1
Old English hēdan; related to Old Saxon hōdian, Old High German huoten

Derived forms of heed

  • heeder, noun
  • heedful, adjective
  • heedfully, adverb
  • heedfulness, noun

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