tend

Speech parts

1. tend - Adjective

2. tend - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

nurse lean incline look after attend to minister to guard serve treat watch supervise care for wait on take care of see to
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Antonyms

damage harm forget neglect threaten disregard
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Hypernyms

see look mind attend take care be

Hyponyms

shepherd garden suffer stoke gravitate take kindly to

Phrases with the word

tend to tend to one's knitting tend to one's own knitting close tend tend goal tend toward

Derivatives

tended tending

Anagrams

dent

Examples

Our 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

Close letter words and terms

Tenby tench Tencza tend bar tend goal tend to one's knitting