English Explanatory Dictionary

heed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Careful attention.
verb
  1. To guard, protect.
  2. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  3. To pay attention, care.

Pronunciation

/hiːd/ en-us-heed.ogg

Word forms

heed heeds heeding heeded

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”).

Synonyms

attention notice observation regard consider mark take note attend clock give heed heed let in on mind pass pay attention pay heed pick up what someone is putting down privy take heed take notice reck becare bother care concern oneself trouble oneself worry

Derived words

misheed give heed heedful heedless heedworthy heedy pay heed pay no heed take heed heeder unheed unheeded unheeding
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