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[ verb ] pay close attention to; give heed to
Examples "Heed the advice of the old men" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)If the Cardinals heed Manager_Gene_Mauch of the Phillies , they won't be misled by the Pirates ' slower start this season . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)J._Wheaton_Smith , editor of the Warren_Telegraph stated that `` the ends of justice must be satisfied , a solitary example must be set , in_order_that all those misnamed philantropists [ sic ] , who , actuated by a blind zeal , dare to instigate riot , treason , and murder , may heed it and shape their future course accordingly '' . |
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[ noun ] paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
Synonyms Examples "his attentiveness to her wishes" "he spends without heed to the consequences" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Thus shielded , we played many foolish games in comfortable unselfconsciousness ; even when the fences became a part of the game - when a vine embowered gate-post was the Sleeping_Beauty 's enchanted castle , or when Rapunzel let_down her golden hair from beneath the crocketed spire , even then we paid little heed to those who went_by on the path outside . Related terms |
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