Definitions for tend
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 5 votes

1. tend, be given, lean, incline, runverb

   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"

2. tendverb

   have care of or look after

   "She tends to the children"

3. tendverb

   manage or run

   "tend a store"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Tendverb

   Etymology: contracted from attend.

   1. To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or defender.

   Nymphs of Mulla which, with careful heed,
   The silver scaly trouts did tend full well. Edmund Spenser, Epithal.

   Go thou to Richard, and good angels tend thee. William Shakespeare.

   Him lord pronounc’d; and O! indignity
   Subjected to his service angel wings,
   And flaming ministers to watch and tend
   Their earthy charge. John Milton.

   He led a rural life, and had command
   O’er all the shepherds, who about those vales
   Tended their numerous flocks. John Dryden, Oedipus.

   There is a pleasure in that simplicity, in beholding princes tending their flocks. Alexander Pope.

   Our humbler province is to tend the fair;
   To save the powder from too rude a gale,
   Nor let th’ imprison’d essences exhale. Alexander Pope.

   Cic’ly had won his heart;
   Cic’ly, the western lass, that tends the kee. John Gay.

   2. To attend; to accompany.

   Despair
   Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch. John Milton.

   Those with whom I now converse,
   Without a tear will tend my herse. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To be attentive to.

   Unsuck’d of lamb or kid that tend their play. John Milton.

2. To Tendverb

   Etymology: tendo, Lat.

   1. To move towards a certain point or place.

   They had a view of the princess at a mask, having overheard two gentlemen tending towards that sight. Henry Wotton.

   To these abodes our fleet Apollo sends:
   Here Dardanus was born, and hither tends. Dryden.

   2. [ Tendre, French.] To be directed to any end or purpose; to aim at.

   Admiration seiz’d
   All heav’n, what this might mean and whither tend. John Milton.

   Factions gain their power by pretending common safety, and tending towards it in the directest course. William Temple.

   The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   3. To contribute.

   Many times that which we ask would, if it should be granted, be worse for us, and perhaps tend to our destruction; and then God by denying the particular matter of our prayers, doth grant the general matter of them. Henry Hammond.

   4. [From attend.] To wait; to expect. Out of use.

   The bark is ready, and the wind at help;
   Th’ associates tend. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   5. To attend; to wait as dependants or servants.

   She deserves a lord,
   That twenty such rude boys might tend upon,
   And call her hourly mistress. William Shakespeare.

   Give him tending,
   He brings great news. William Shakespeare.

   Was he not companion with the riotous knights,
   That tend upon my father. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   6. To attend as something inseparable.

   Threefold vengeance tend upon your steps! William Shakespeare.

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1. tend

   Tend refers to regularly or frequently behaving in a particular way or having a certain characteristic. It can also mean taking care of or managing someone or something, or in medical terms, to apply treatment to a wound.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tendverb

   to make a tender of; to offer or tender

2. Tendverb

   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

3. Tendverb

   to be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to

4. Tendverb

   to wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon

5. Tendverb

   to await; to expect

6. Tendadjective

   to move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards

7. Tendadjective

   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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tend

   tend, v.t. to accompany as assistant or protector: to take care of, to be attentive to, to wait upon so as to execute.—ns. Ten′dance (Spens.), state of expectation: (Shak.) act of waiting or tending, also persons attendant; Ten′der, a small vessel that attends a larger with stores, &c.: a carriage attached to locomotives to supply fuel and water. [Contracted from attend.]

2. Tend

   tend, v.i. to stretch, aim at, move, or incline in a certain direction: to be directed to any end or purpose: to contribute.—n. Ten′dency, direction, object, or result to which anything tends: inclination: drift. [Fr. tendre—L. tendĕre; Gr. teinein, to stretch.]

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1. TEND

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tend' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1821

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1012

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tend' in Verbs Frequency: #189

Anagrams for tend »

1. dent

How to pronounce tend?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tend in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of tend in a Sentence

1. Roshan Bastani:

   Those less likely to receive optimal care tend to be poor, ethnic minority and the elderly, the consequence of this is that these groups are deprived the opportunity to benefit from scientific advances in care and are at increased risk for poorer outcomes.

2. Joao Paulo Krajewski:

   Because penguins are usually very loyal to their pair and breeding site, where they spend the summer, they tend to come back to the same place every year.

3. Ken Burns:

   We tend to think of Country Music as one thing, but it's always been many things, country Music omnivorously wants to grab cowboy music and western swing, and the Bakersfield sound and the Nashville sound, countrypolitan and all the various permutations of string bands up and down Appalachia, one of which branches off into a whole new genre called bluegrass. Country Music's never ending and Country Music's omnivorous and Country Music's not Country Music. Country Music's always been connected. There's no border. No passports required, that allows you to go into RB or allows you to go into jazz or allows you to go into folk or rock. It is, in fact, one of the parents of rock with RB.

4. John Stopford:

   The consensus view is that these kinds of shocks tend to have a short-term impact but then most of that is recovered.

5. Jonathan Caspi:

   The difference may be how severe the physical violence gets. Boys tend to do more damage, particularly when older, it was also assumed that girls relied more on relational aggression( e.g., strategies to socially humiliate, isolating, injure reputation) than boys. However, there is evidence that brothers use this approach about the same too.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tend
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tend
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tend
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tend