heed
verb
- to pay attention to, consider
noun
- careful attention/observation/regard
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhiːd/ / [ˈhɪi̯d]
noun
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”).
- Careful attention.
“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.”
verb
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”).
- To guard, protect.
- To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
“With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.”
“"It comes back to me that I wanted to say something to the driver and that I couldn't make him heed me."”
- To pay attention, care.