1. tend - Adjective
2. tend - Verb
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
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 be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
To await; to expect.
To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOur national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror. William S. Burroughs
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. Harriet Beecher Stowe
People tend to be attracted to what most benefits them. Indonesian Proverb
When many shepherds tend the sheep, they but so much the longer sleep. Dutch Proverb
Women always tend to the bad. Sicilian Proverb