heed
heed
Definition
heed (hēd)
transitive verb
to pay close attention to; take careful notice of
Etymology: ME heden < OE hedan (< *hodjan: akin to Ger hüten) < base of hod (see hood) in the sense “care, keeping, protection”: for IE base see hat
intransitive verb
to pay attention
noun
close attention; careful notice
heed′·ful adjective
heed
Synonyms
heed
Usage Examples
Object
- warning: However, be careful to heed any warnings about outdated material or editions.
- calling: But I was compelled to heed the calling, to make my way back to the sad place that had once been our home.
- ye: Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory.
- advice: I did not heed the advice I was given.
- call: Few may heed a call to arms to defend the regime.
- lesson: Rabbitte punched Henry McDonald: Labor's leader must heed the lessons of the SDLP demise.
Converse of object
- pay: Only then did the Serbs start paying heed to outside attempts to make peace.
- take: Perhaps AAT should take heed of ACCA policy with regard to their members?
- give: Many of the poor soldiers gave diligent heed to the word.
Adjective modifier
- scant: At this point beneficence has run riot and autonomy is paid scant heed.
- earnest: The poor people came quickly together and gave earnest heed to what I said, despite the wind and snow.
- little: But as the war advanced, little heed was taken of the red warning and work proceeded apace.
Modifying Another Word
- no: Riders of these flimsy appliances pay no heed to stop signs or red lights.
- little: To other uses, asserted by some to belong to these objects, he paid little heed.
- not: I did not heed the advice I was given.
- never: There is always a responsibility about drug story lines to my mind, that TA never heeds.
Used with why or when
- what: We can heed what the Gods are saying to us or we can ignore them.
Preposition: of
- warning: If they fail to take heed of the warnings, their bikes will be seized.
- advice: Take heed of this advice for it may save you your dignity.
Particle object:
- thyself: Take heed unto thyself in these things: 1. Take heed that thou be a sound and sincere believer.
heed Quotes
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
