D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Heed

/(hēd)/ · IPA /hiːd/
01 v. t. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
imp. & p. p. Heeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeding
  1. 1.
    To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
    “With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.” Dryden.
Syn. To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t.
02 v. i. To mind; to consider.
  1. 1.
    To mind; to consider.
03 n. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
  1. 1.
    Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
    “With wanton heed and giddy cunning.” Milton.
    “Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand.” — 2 Sam. xx. 10.
    “Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts.” Bacon.
  2. 2.
    Careful consideration; obedient regard.
    “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard.” — Heb. ii. 1.
  3. 3.
    A look or expression of heading.[R.]
    “He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance.” Shak.