Tend

Verb

 * 1) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
 * 2)  To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
 * 3)  To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic.
 * They tend to go out on Saturdays.
 * It tends to snow here in winter.

Derived terms

 * tendency

Adverbs for Tend
progressively; auspiciously; affectionately; subversively; obliquely; sedulously; faithfully; maternally; materially; religiously; fervently.

Thesaurus
administer to, aim, animadvert, attend, attend on, attend to, baby-sit, bear, bed, bed down, bend to, bias, break, bridle, brush, care for, cater to, chaperon, cherish, chore, conduce, conserve, contribute, cultivate, curry, currycomb, dance attendance upon, defend, descend, dispose, do for, do service to, drench, dress, drop, drudge, favor, feed, fodder, foster, gentle, go, gravitate, groom, guard, handle, harness, have a tendency, head, heed, help, hitch, hold a heading, incline, keep watch over, labor, lackey, lead, lean, litter, look, look after, look out for, look to, maid, manage, mark, matronize, milk, mind, minister, minister to, mother, note, notice, nurse, nurture, observe, pander to, plunge, point, point to, precipitate, preserve, protect, protege, provide for, redound to, regard, remark, ride herd on, rub down, saddle, safeguard, see, see after, see to, serve, set, set toward, settle, shepherd, shield, show a tendency, sink, steer, subside, supervise, support, take care of, take charge of, take note, take notice, tame, tend to go, train, trend, turn, upon, valet, verge, view, wait, wait on, warp, watch, watch out for, watch over, water, work, work for, work toward, yoke

Etymology
From tendre: <  tendere:.

From tenden:, by apheresis of attend:.

Translations

 * French: traiter de
 * Italian: appaltare


 * Spanish:
 * Zazaki:


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: pitää huolta, huolehtia
 * French: avoir tendance à
 * German: sorgen für,
 * Italian: avere cura di, accudire, curare


 * Portuguese: cuidar de
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: de,  por,  por
 * Zazaki:


 * Esperanto: emi
 * Estonian:
 * German: tendieren (zu)
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Zazaki:

Anagrams

 * dent

Anagrams

 * dent