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tend·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. care, attention, aid, tendingadjective

    the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

    "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

  2. apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)adjective

    (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

    "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"

Wiktionary

  1. tendingnoun

    Action of the verb to tend.

ChatGPT

  1. tending

    Tending refers to the act of caring for, managing or looking after something or someone. It can also mean inclining or having a propensity towards a particular characteristic, quality, or direction.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tending

    of Tend

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. tending

    The movement by which a ship turns or swings round when at single anchor, or moored by the head, at every change of tide or wind.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tending in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tending in a Sentence

  1. Paul Valéry:

    Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science.

  2. Gordon Watts of Panamerican Consultants:

    For every person we have on the bottom, there's four more people up on the surface that are tending him, talking to him and being sure that whatever he is doing is safe.

  3. Mohammad Ishaq:

    We told them we can manage without their help, it is as if we are doing everything on our own, feeding our people, tending to the sick.

  4. Don Stewart:

    Maybe they should spend less time trash-talking and more time tending their own garden: Their party in Congress is currently filibustering a bill that would help prevent children from being sold into sex slavery -- and the President won't lift a finger. Think about that for a minute.

  5. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    Governments must nurture freedom as a garden, tending to it vigilantly to prevent its withering under the shadow of authority.

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