'Listen' definitions:

Definition of 'listen'

verb

Hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"

verb

Listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" [syn: listen, hear, take heed]

verb

Pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men" [syn: heed, mind, listen]

From: GCIDE

Listen \Lis"ten\ (l[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened (l[i^]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. [root]41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. [1913 Webster]
When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. [1913 Webster]
Listen to me, and by me be ruled. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. --Fuller.
Syn: To attend; hearken. See Attend. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE