Definitions for tending
tend·ing

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tendingnoun

   Action of the verb to tend.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tending

   of Tend

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

Anagrams for tending »

1. denting

How to pronounce tending?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tending in sign language?

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. Joshua Henne:

   You could make the case that Crowley was more in touch with the inside-the-Beltway D.C. game and House leadership, rather than tending to his garden at home.

2. Lisa Marie Presley:

   I was always ready to greet him at the door and pamper him, i loved taking care of Elvis very much. I loved tending to him. I loved feeding him. We would baby talk because you have to have your own language when you have that many people around. It was a good life. It was different, but it was ours.

3. Yuval Steinitz:

   If the Americans are finding it difficult to understand or accept our clarifications (on Palestinian statehood), this is certainly worrying and requires tending to, he (Netanyahu) didn't say this (statehood) is 'unacceptable'. He said reality has changed.

4. Markus Sander:

   You have to ask what the alternative is - does the consumer want to save his money, invest in shares or in physical objects such as the home? At the moment, given the low interest rate, he's tending to put it into consumption.

5. 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.

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