COD: give one's attention to a sound; make an effort to hear something` You say you 're my best friend but you do n't even listen when I speak to you . She hated anyone listening when she was talking to Alice . ` And Edgar wo n't listen when I tell him how happy I am ! I 'd listened to Gareth tell him in detail on Sunday evening . A politician is required to listen to humbug , talk humbug , condone humbug . The doctor , still chatting away , put her stethoscope in her ears and listened to Phoebe 's chest and heart , then had her sit up and tapped her back . If you listen to early Whitesnake records the bass is quite light in the mix , but it 's a very definite sound , and the strings had a lot to do with that . He listened carefully while she recalled the arrival of Adam Carver and her conversation with him . I listened carefully to what he said , and I have some answers . ` We 're managing to pick up the sound of one of the males , " said a marine biologist , Vassili Papastavrou , as he listened intently through a set of headphones . Heather Payne simply listened through the thin wall dividing the houses as her victim panicked . Jackson recently sat down and listened through his collected works , prior to making selections for the current live show , and found the thread wearing a little thin in places . Children do not listen to themselves in the way that adults ( sometimes ) do . But she did not pause to listen for an answer . After reading some of the comments from people who saw the game or who listened on the radio , the above seems to be about as true reporting as you 'd expect from the NOTW . A liberal spirit : he listened courteously and placidly to Presbyterian prayers . But with everyone listening intently , there followed what seemed like hours of scrabbling around with my paper looking for page two . Roland listened politely and said , ` Do you know anything about a Miss LaMotte who wrote children 's stories and religious poetry in the 1850s or thereabouts ? " Ballater explained Marshall 's background while Rose listened silently . The Fedpol leader was listening stolidly , giving nothing away . We had all listened intently to this remarkable statement .