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# heed

«heed» in Mova's school dictionary: **to pay attention to it and do what it says** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (heed, heeds, heeded, heeding); noun (heed; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To heed advice or a warning is to pay attention to it and do what it says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#m1)

2) Heed (noun) means attention: «take heed», «pay no heed». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A slightly old-fashioned or formal word in stories, fables and safety messages: «Heed the warning signs». It tells the reader whether a character listened to good advice. Phrases: «heed the warning», «take heed», «pay heed to», «pay no heed».

### examples

- The sailors did not heed the storm warning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#x1)
- Heed your teacher's advice and check your work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#x2)
- Take heed: the ice is thin! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#x3)
- The boy who cried wolf found that no one heeded him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#x4)
- She paid no heed to the rude comments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#x5)
- Heed the signs and keep away from the cliff edge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#x6)
- 'You did not heed my words,' he said gravely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday: «listen to», «pay attention to». Adjective: «heedless» (careless), as in «heedless of danger». «Heedful» is rare.

### In the corpora

- [And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.847/)
- [Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.334/)
- [Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.363/)
- [Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.369/)
- [Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.642/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.