Associations to the word «Heed»

Wiktionary

HEED, noun. Careful attention.
HEED, verb. (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
HEED, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To pay attention, care.

Dictionary definition

HEED, noun. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences".
HEED, verb. Pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats