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heeds

/hiːdz/

heeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of heed.

heeds is the plural of heed.

Meaning of heed

Verb

heed (third-person singular simple present heeds, present participle heeding, simple past and past participle heeded)

  1. (obsolete) To guard, protect.
  2. (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
    • With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.1567, Ovid, translated by John Dryden, Metamorphoses, Book 1
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To pay attention, care.
    Synonyms:
    mind, reck, becare, bother, care, concern oneself, trouble oneself, worry

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Words that rhyme with heeds

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Questions about heeds

What is heeds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Heeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of heed.
How do you pronounce heeds?
Heeds is pronounced /hiːdz/.

Words near heeds in the dictionary

  1. heeding
  2. heedless
  3. heedlessly
  4. heedlessness
  5. heedlessnesses
  6. heeds
  7. heedworthy
  8. heedy
  9. heeelp
  10. heeey
  11. Heeg

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