'Heed' definitions:
Definition of 'heed'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
verb
Definition of 'Heed'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. --Dryden.
- Syn: To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Heed'
From: GCIDE
- Heed \Heed\, v. i. To mind; to consider. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Heed'
From: GCIDE
- Heed \Heed\, n.
- 1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take. [1913 Webster]
- With wanton heed and giddy cunning. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. --2 Sam. xx. 10. [1913 Webster]
- Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Careful consideration; obedient regard. [1913 Webster]
- Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. --Heb. ii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A look or expression of heading. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide by,
- accept,
- accordance,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- act up to,
- adhere to,
- adherence,
- advertence,
- advertency,
- alertness,
- animadvert,
- anticipation,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- attend,
- attend to,
- attend to orders,
- attention,
- attention span,
- attentiveness,
- audience,
- auscultate,
- awareness,
- be all ears,
- be concerned,
- be faithful to,
- bear in mind,
- bend an ear,
- bug,
- calculation,
- canniness,
- care,
- careful consideration,
- carefulness,
- carrying out,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- circumspection,
- circumspectness,
- cock the ears,
- cognizance,
- compliance,
- comply,
- comply with,
- concentration,
- concern,
- conform,
- conform to,
- conformance,
- conformity,
- consciousness,
- consider,
- consideration,
- debate,
- defer to,
- deliberate stages,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- diligence,
- discharge,
- discretion,
- do justice to,
- ear,
- earnestness,
- eavesdrop,
- examine by ear,
- execution,
- fill,
- follow,
- follow the book,
- forethought,
- fulfill,
- fulfillment,
- gingerliness,
- give attention,
- give audience to,
- give ear,
- give heed to,
- guardedness,
- hark,
- harken to,
- hear,
- hear out,
- hearing,
- hearken,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- heedfulness,
- heeding,
- hesitation,
- hold by,
- intentiveness,
- intentness,
- intercept,
- interest,
- judiciousness,
- keep,
- keep faith with,
- keeping,
- lend an ear,
- listen,
- listen at,
- listen in,
- listen to,
- live up to,
- look,
- loving care,
- make good,
- mark,
- meet,
- mind,
- mindfulness,
- note,
- notice,
- obey,
- obey the rules,
- observance,
- observation,
- observe,
- pawkiness,
- pay attention,
- pay attention to,
- performance,
- practice,
- preparedness,
- prior consultation,
- prudence,
- prudentialness,
- reck,
- regard,
- regardfulness,
- remark,
- respect,
- safeness,
- safety first,
- satisfaction,
- satisfy,
- see,
- sit in on,
- slowness to act,
- solicitude,
- stay in line,
- study,
- submit,
- take,
- take an interest,
- take note,
- take note of,
- take notice,
- take orders,
- tap,
- tend,
- tender loving care,
- tentativeness,
- think,
- thoroughness,
- thought,
- thoughtfulness,
- TLC,
- toe the line,
- uncommunicativeness,
- unprecipitateness,
- view,
- watch,
- wiretap