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TEND definition: 1. to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic: 2. to care for…. Learn more.
1. : to pay attention : apply oneself. tend to your own affairs. tend to our correspondence. 2. : to act as an attendant : serve.
Tend definition: to be disposed or inclined in action, operation, or effect to do something. See examples of TEND used in a sentence.
Definition of tend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined. “She tends to be nervous before her lectures” synonyms: be given, incline, lean, run. see more. verb. have care of or look after. “She tends to the children” see more. verb. manage or run. “ tend a store” see more. Pronunciation. US. /tɛnd/ UK. /tɛnd/ Cite this entry. Style:
If you tend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition. [ formal ] For years he tended her in her painful illness.
TEND meaning: 1. to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic: 2. to care for…. Learn more.
1. to be disposed or inclined in action, operation, or effect to do something: The particles tend to unite. 2. to be disposed toward an idea, emotion, way of thinking, etc. 3. to lead or conduce, as to some result or condition: measures tending to safer working conditions.
verb. tended, tends. To take care of; minister to; watch over; look after; attend to. To tend plants or animals, to tend the sick. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To be in charge of or at work at; manage or operate. To tend a store. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To be disposed or inclined. Tends toward exaggeration.
tend. [intransitive] tend to do something to be likely to do something or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens Women tend to live longer than men. When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes. It tends to get very cold here in the winter.
