be inclined, be disposed; care for, watch over; nurse; service customers
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Tend Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
(v. t.)
To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
(v. t.)
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
(v. i.)
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
(v. i.)
To await; to expect.
To await; to expect.
(a.)
To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
(a.)
To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
tend
tendency \tend"en*cy\ (?), n.; pl. tendencies (#). [l. tendents, -entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. f. tendance. see tend to move.] direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country. in every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection.
similar words(1)
to tend a vessel
Coethaidd = a. tending to be pure
Gwaeredu = v. to tend downward
Heusori = v. to tend herds
Sawdio = v. to tend, to verge
Verb
1. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
(synonym) be given, lean, incline, run
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) take kindly to
(derivation) leaning, propensity, tendency
2. have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
(hypernym) attend, take care, look, see
(hyponym) garden
(derivation) attendant, attender, tender
3. manage or run; "tend a store"
(hypernym) take care, mind
(hyponym) stoke
Tend Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Tend may refer to:
- Attend (attention)
- Bartend, to serve beverages behind a bar
- Tend and befriend, a behavioural pattern exhibited by human beings and some animal species when under threat
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