[
US
/ˈtɛnd/
]
[ UK /tˈɛnd/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛnd/ ]
VERB
-
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence
She tends to be nervous before her lectures -
have care of or look after
She tends to the children -
manage or run
tend a store
How To Use tend In A Sentence
- Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
- Then there are the PIP implant problems that thousands of women have had to contend with. The Sun
- The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
- I still see Mr. Berman's portable shtender in the shul and I have to smile because I immediately see his warm gentle smile and think about how fortunate I was to have met your father.
- Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
- Use of a University-owned mobile telephone and mobile telephone airtime service is intended for official University business.
- Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
- Other products include extended-shelf-life and aseptic products in single-serve containers sold at convenience stores and multipacks at club stores.
- Oh, and most of the scathe in my post was fairly mild. chouinard and I tend to substitute perjoratives for ... everything, actually. Book Reviewer Backlash
- Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.