heed
/ˈhiːd/ noun, verb
Forms heeds heeding heeded
- noun Careful attention.
- verb (obsolete) To guard, protect.
- verb (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
- verb (intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.
Synonyms
attention notice observation regard consider mark take note attend clock give heed let in on mind pass pay attention pay heed pick up what someone is putting down privy take heed take notice reck attentiveness paying attention listen
Etymology
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”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
- verb To mind; to consider.
- noun Attention; notice; observation; regard; --often with give or take.
- noun Careful consideration; obedient regard.
Etymology [OE. heden, AS. h; akin to OS. hdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. hüten, Dan. hytte.Hood.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “heed”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details