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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEED, v.t. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.
HEED, n. Care; attention.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning.
1. Caution; care; watch for danger; notice; circumspection; usually preceded by take.
Take heed of evil company. Take heed to your ways.
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 1 Samuel 20.
2. Notice; observation; regard; attention; often preceded by give.
The preacher gave good heed. Ecclesiastes 12.
Neither give heed to fables. 1 Timothy 1.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed. Hebrews 2.
3. Seriousness; a steady look.
A heed.
Was in his countenance. [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness, inattentiveness] v
1: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men" [syn: heed, mind, listen]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English h?dan; akin to Old High German huota guard, Old English h?d hood Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to pay attention transitive verb to give consideration or attention to ; mind <heed what he says> <heed the call> II. noun Date: 14th century attention, notice

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. attend to; take notice of. --n. careful attention. Derivatives: heedful adj. heedfully adv. heedfulness n. heedless adj. heedlessly adv. heedlessness n. Etymology: OE hedan f. WG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heed Heed, n. 1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take. With wanton heed and giddy cunning. --Milton. Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. --2 Sam. xx. 10. Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts. --Bacon. 2. Careful consideration; obedient regard. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. --Heb. ii. 1. 3. A look or expression of heading. [R.] He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heed Heed, v. i. To mind; to consider.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heed Heed (h[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeding.] [OE. heden, AS. h[=e]dan; akin to OS. h[=o]dian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. h["u]ten, Dan. hytte. [root]13. Cf. Hood.] To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe. With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. --Dryden. Syn: To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(heeds, heeding, heeded) 1. If you heed someone's advice or warning, you pay attention to it and do what they suggest. (FORMAL) But few at the conference in London last week heeded his warning... VERB: V n 2. If you take heed of what someone says or if you pay heed to them, you pay attention to them and consider carefully what they say. (FORMAL) But what if the government takes no heed? PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to/of n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hed: This word, in the sense of giving careful attention ("take heed," "give heed," etc.), represents several Hebrew and Greek words; chief among them shamar, "to watch"; blepo, "to look," horao, "to see." As opposed to thoughtlessness, disregard of God's words, of the counsels of wisdom, of care for one's ways, it is constantly inculcated as a duty of supreme importance in the moral and spiritual life (De 4:9,15,23; 27:9 the King James Version, etc.; Jos 22:5; 23:11; Ps 39:1; Mt 16:6; Mr 4:24; 13:33; Lu 12:15; 1Co 3:10; 8:9; 10:12; Col 4:17).

James Orr

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Regard, mind, notice, mark, observe, attend to, give heed to, pay attention to, take notice of, hearken to, listen to, obey. II. n. Regard, notice, care, attention, caution, heedfulness, watchfulness, wariness, vigilance, circumspection, observation.

Moby Thesaurus

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