heed

UK /hiːd/ US /hiːd/

verb 3noun 1

Definitions

noun

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

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.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, failed, healthy, loud, paying, public, severe, slightest

VERB + HEED

couldn't, doesn't, don't, gave, get, make, paid, pay

HEED + NOUN

advice, exam, food, opinion, warnings

PREP.

from, off, with

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

attentiveness
regard

verb — pay close attention to

Antonyms

inattentiveness
heedlessness

Idioms & Phrases

take heed

To pay attention.

The king spoke and the lords took heed.

give heed

To pay attention; to heed.

Neither giue heed to fables, and endleſſe genealogies, which miniſter queſtions, rather then edifying which is in faith: ſo doe.

pay heed

To give attention; to heed.

You needn't pay heed to his antics.

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.

Wiktionary

"It comes back to me that I wanted to say something to the driver and that I couldn't make him heed me."

Wiktionary

The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.

Wiktionary

The man gave no heed to her loud protest.

Tatoeba · #45269

The mountaineers set off, paying no heed to the severe blizzard.

Tatoeba · #238493

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, heed is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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