| VERB | stative | tend, be given, lean, incline, run | have a tendency or disposition to do or be something |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | tend | have care of or look after | |
| social | tend | manage or run |
| Sounds | teh'nd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... | |
| Meaning | Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "She tends to be nervous before her lectures" | |
| Synonyms | be given, lean, incline, run | |
| Narrower | gravitate | Move toward |
| suffer | be given to | |
| take kindly to | Be willing or inclined to accept | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | inclinarse, inclinar, soler, tender | |
| Catalan | inclinar, soler, tendir | |
| Nouns | tendency | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| tendency | an inclination to do something | |
| Meaning | Have care of or look after. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "She tends to the children" | |
| Narrower | garden | Work in the garden |
| shepherd | tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats | |
| Broader | attend, take care, look, see | take charge of or deal with |
| Spanish | cuidar | |
| Nouns | tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| tending | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | |
| Meaning | manage or run. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "tend a store" | |
| Narrower | stoke | stir up or tend |
| Broader | take care, mind | Be in charge of or deal with |
| Spanish | atizar, avivar | |
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