What does tending mean?
Definitions for tending
tend·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
care, attention, aid, tending(adj)
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
"no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)(adj)
(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
tending(Noun)
Action of the verb to tend.
Webster Dictionary
Tending
of Tend
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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 »
denting
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tending in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of tending in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
The DA's office was the only law enforcement agency looking into whether violations of the constitution had occurred, now, we no longer have the fox tending the hen house.
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