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Antonyms for tended
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : tend |
Phonetic Transcription : tɛnd |
Definition of tended
Origin :- "to incline, to move in a certain direction," mid-14c., from Old French tendre "stretch, hold forth, offer" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to aim, stretch, extend" (see tenet).
- verb be apt, likely
- verb care for
- Emilia looked as innocent as when Hope had tended her in the cradle.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- In the cave he made her a second couch, and tended her assiduously.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- Then she added: "The cave where you tended her—where is it?"
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- He was daily tended by Norah, and received all his meals from her.
- Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
- I had tended her day and night, and this, in addition to the grief I was suffering, made me anaemic.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The mother was in bed with the infant, tended by her nurse Mary Neff.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 » by Various
- But in music there was nothing which tended to that good which you are now seeking.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Nevertheless the form of the work has tended to obscure some of Plato's higher aims.
- Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
- "Better for them if they 'tended to their own affairs," was the sharp answer.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- This is the point to which the pathways of your lives have tended.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
Synonyms for tended
- accomplish
- administer
- aim
- attend
- baby-sit
- be biased
- be conducive
- be disposed
- be in the habit of
- be inclined
- be liable
- be predisposed
- be prejudiced
- bear
- bend
- cater to
- cherish
- conduce
- contribute
- control
- corral
- cultivate
- defend
- direct
- dispose
- do
- do for
- drift
- favor
- feed
- foster
- go
- gravitate
- guard
- handle
- have a tendency
- have an inclination
- head
- impel
- incline
- influence
- keep
- keep an eye on
- keep tabs on
- lead
- lean
- look
- look after
- maintain
- make for
- manage
- mind
- minister to
- move
- move toward
- nurse
- nurture
- oversee
- perform
- point
- protect
- redound
- result in
- ride herd on
- safeguard
- see after
- see to
- serve
- serve to
- shepherd
- shield
- sit
- superintend
- supervise
- take care of
- take under wing
- trend
- turn
- verge on
- wait on
- watch
- watch out for
- watch over
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