Tend

/ˈtɛnd/ · verb

Meaning

(law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender..

Definitions by Sense

1. (law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
2. (auxiliary) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
3. (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome.
4. (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
5. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
6. To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
7. (obsolete) To await; to expect.
8. (obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

Example Sentences

They tend to go out on Saturdays.

It tends to snow here in winter.

I was tending to get up later and later after the breakup.

Difficult broken country extends almost to the coast between Swatow (Shant’ou) on the south and Hangchow on the north, and this succession of barriers has tended to cut off southeast coastal China from the main body of the country.

The Lords in 1722 declared that annexing such Clauses tends to the destruction of this government. And yet there are such bills every session and you pass them.

We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess.

Shepherds tend their flocks.

There's not a sparrow or a wren, / There's not a blade of autumn grain, / Which the four seasons do not tend / And tides of life and increase lend.

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Word Forms

• tends
• tending
• tended
• 'tend
• teend
• tende
• tind
• tinde
• teen
• teind
• tynd
• tynde
• tine

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