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Word | Tend |
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 / manage or run / To move in a certain direction / to conduce, attend, guard, take care of / regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic. / archaic : listen / to pay attention : apply oneself tend to your own affairs tend to our correspondence / to act as an attendant : serve tended to his wife / obsolete : await / archaic : to attend as a servant / a: to apply oneself to the care of : watch over tended her sick father b: to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer tend the sheep c: cultivate, foster d: to manage the operations of : mind tend the store tend the fire / to stand by (as a rope) in readiness to prevent mischance (as fouling) / to move, direct, or develop one's course in a particular direction cannot tell where society is tending / to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce tends to be optimistic, | |
Usage | ⇒ The doctor is tending the injured ⇒ written language tends to be formal |
Synonyms | lean, incline, attend, take care of, care for, guard, mind, protect, watch over, cultivate, keep, look after, nurse, nurture, serve, trend, watch, verge, foster, gravitate, |
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