heed
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heed
- /ˈhiːd/
- [ˈhɪi̯d]
Sounds like he'd · Rhymes with -iːd
Where it comes from
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”).
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 heeds · heeding · heeded
- To guard, protect.
- To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe. With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.
- To pay attention, care.
