Antonyms for tending

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tend

Phonetic Transcription : tɛnd

Definition of tending

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).

adj inclined
adj giving attention to

Example sentences :

Thus manifestly a negligible factor, it is also one tending to extinction.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

One of these fellows, as it chanced, was their own guide, who had come in from tending the mules.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

The proceedings began with some animated discussion, all tending one way.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

This she had abundantly shown, but now, in her tending of the sick gentleman.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

And outside he went, like a king, with all Sierra Vista about him and tending on him.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

And the tending of living animals may be either a tending of individuals, or a managing of herds.
Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato

The partners had gone home for dinner and Mary-'Gusta was tending shop.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

All the night she had been calm and quiet, repressing her feelings, and tending the man she loved.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

All things have their climax, and France is tending swiftly to the climax of her serfdom.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

Far away, tending his hot irons, he was glad to hear the other had been successful.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for tending

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