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Heed

//hiːd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Careful attention. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To guard, protect. obsolete
  2. 2
    pay close attention to; give heed to wordnet
  3. 3
    To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe. transitive

    "With pleasure Argus the musician heeds."

  4. 4
    To pay attention, care. archaic, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan (“to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan (“to heed, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to heed, protect”). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje (“to heed”), Dutch hoeden (“to heed”), German hüten (“to heed”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan (“to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan (“to heed, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to heed, protect”). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje (“to heed”), Dutch hoeden (“to heed”), German hüten (“to heed”).

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