Word: mind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt ("mind, memory, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish minne (“memory”), Faroese and Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to mantra. Compare also Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint. Pronunciation: /maɪnd/, /mɑjnd/, /mɑend/, /mʌɪnd/ 1. To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind. Example: Mind to-morrow's early meeting! 2. To remember. Labels: regional Example: The land where I shall mind you not / Is the land where all's forgot. 3. To remind; put one's mind on. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: Farewell, kind lord; fight valiantly to-day: / And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, / For thou art framed of the firm truth of valour. Example: Let me be punished, that have minded you Of what you should forget. 4. To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice. Example: Mind the new detour signs. If you don't mind, you'll end up running into bears in the forest. Example: Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me / For bringing wood in slowly. I'll fall flat; / Perchance he will not mind me. 5. To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence. Example: Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Example: It's the worst thing that can ever happen to you in all your life, and you've got to mind it—you've got to mind it. They'll come saying, 'Bear up—trust to time.' No, no; they're wrong. Mind it. 6. To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). Labels: imperative Example: Mind you don't knock that glass over. Example: Scott: […] He can see by you stropping off you don’t want to be around him, so he’s not coming after you – but at the same time, obviously yeah he is concerned about your fuckin’ happiness and well-being. So Lee says to me, Scotty, pop along and mind she’s alright. 7. To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed. Example: You should mind your own business. Example: My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play. 8. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. Example: Would you mind my bag for me? 9. To be careful about. Example: Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform. 10. To purpose, intend, plan. Example: I mind to tell him plainly what I think. Example: […]and if ever I refused to do his bidding or loitered or took my leisure he beat me with his feet more grievously than if I had been beaten with whips. He ceased not to signal with his hand wherever he was minded to go; so I carried him about the island, like a captive slave, and he bepissed and conskited my shoulders and back, dismounting not night nor day; and whenas he wished to sleep he wound his legs about his neck and leaned back and slept awhile, then arose and beat me; whereupon I sprang up in haste, unable to gainsay him because of the pain he inflicted on me. 11. Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: I'm not very healthy. I do eat fruit sometimes, mind. 12. To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. Example: I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now. Example: Do you mind if I smoke?