Antonyms for tend

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tend

Phonetic Transcription : tɛnd

Definition of tend

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

Example sentences :

Shaw said she we can tend to everything all right so maybe I will come.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

"You 'tend to your own business," cried the thoroughly enraged farmer.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Have you no ears, or no conscience, not to tend the sick better?
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

"You 'tend to your own troubles," returned the other, with an imitation of liveliness.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

My poor Gurard, who had helped me to tend my sister, was in bed ill with phlebitis.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Well, then I'll tend to my geese and tend 'em good, so I will.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

Gertrude spoke out freely: "You mean you astin' me to 'tend you' front do' fer you?"
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

He was the son of poor parents in Picardy, and when a boy was employed to tend sheep.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

They tend to partake of the methods of pictorial caricature.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

Synonyms for tend

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