Tend

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tend \Tend\, v. i.
     1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend;
        -- with on or upon.
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              Was he not companion with the riotous knights


              That tend upon my father?             --Shak.
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     2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tend \Tend\, v. t. [See {Tender} to offer.] (O. Eng. Law)
     To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to
     move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.]
     1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the
        wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds
        tend their flocks. --Shak.
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              And flaming ministers to watch and tend
              Their earthly charge.                 --Milton.
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              There 's not a sparrow or a wren,
              There 's not a blade of autumn grain,
              Which the four seasons do not tend
              And tides of life and increase lend.  --Emerson.
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     2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
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              Being to descend
              A ladder much in height, I did not tend
              My way well down.                     --Chapman.
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     {To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
        the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
        the cable.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tend \Tend\, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to
     stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. ? to
     stretch, Skr. tan. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tend} to attend,
     {Contend}, {Intense}, {Ostensible}, {Portent}, {Tempt},
     {Tender} to offer, {Tense}, a.]
     1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or
        towards.
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              Two gentlemen tending towards that sight. --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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              Thus will this latter, as the former world,
              Still tend from bad to worse.         --Milton.
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              The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. --Byron.
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     2. To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim;
        to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence;
        to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if
        granted, might tend to our destruction.
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              The thoughts of the diligent tend only to
              plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only
              to want.                              --Prov. xxi.
                                                    5.
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              The laws of our religion tend to the universal
              happiness of mankind.                 --Tillotson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tend
       v 1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
            inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
            "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
            [syn: {be given}, {lean}, {incline}, {run}]
       2: have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
       3: manage or run; "tend a store"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "tend":
     administer to, aim, animadvert, attend, attend on, attend to,
     baby-sit, bear, bed, bed down, bend to, bias, break, bridle, brush,
     care for, cater to, chaperon, cherish, chore, conduce, conserve,
     contribute, cultivate, curry, currycomb, dance attendance upon,
     defend, descend, dispose, do for, do service to, drench, dress,
     drop, drudge, favor, feed, fodder, foster, gentle, go, gravitate,
     groom, guard, handle, harness, have a tendency, head, heed, help,
     hitch, hold a heading, incline, keep watch over, labor, lackey,
     lead, lean, litter, look, look after, look out for, look to, maid,
     manage, mark, matronize, milk, mind, minister, minister to, mother,
     note, notice, nurse, nurture, observe, pander to, plunge, point,
     point to, precipitate, preserve, protect, protege, provide for,
     redound to, regard, remark, ride herd on, rub down, saddle,
     safeguard, see, see after, see to, serve, set, set toward, settle,
     shepherd, shield, show a tendency, sink, steer, subside, supervise,
     support, take care of, take charge of, take note, take notice,
     tame, tend to go, train, trend, turn, upon, valet, verge, view,
     wait, wait on, warp, watch, watch out for, watch over, water, work,
     work for, work toward, yoke