Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
HEED
attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention
(noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); “his attentiveness to her wishes”; “he spends without heed to the consequences”
heed, mind, listen
(verb) pay close attention to; give heed to; “Heed the advice of the old men”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heed (uncountable)
Careful attention.
Usage notes
• Often used with give, pay or take.
Synonyms
• (careful attention): attention, notice, observation, regard; see also attention
Verb
heed (third-person singular simple present heeds, present participle heeding, simple past and past participle heeded)
(obsolete) To guard, protect.
(transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
(intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.
Anagrams
• ehed, hede
Source: Wiktionary
Heed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeding.] Etym: [OE. heden, AS. h; akin to OS. hdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. hĂĽten, Dan. hytte.Hood.]
Definition: 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.
Heed, v. i.
Definition: To mind; to consider.
Heed, n.
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. Careful consideration; obedient regard. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. Heb. ii. 1.
3. A look or expression of heading. [R.] He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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