Definitions
pay close attention to; give heed to
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.”
“"It comes back to me that I wanted to say something to the driver and that I couldn't make him heed me."”
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