Synonyms for tend
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tend |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for tend Other synonyms for the word tend
- 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
- bend
- cater to
- cherish
- conduce
- control
- corral
- defend
- direct
- dispose
- do for
- drift
- foster
- guard
- handle
- have a tendency
- have an inclination
- head
- impel
- incline
- 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
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for tend
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