tend
/ˈtɛnd/verb1 syllable
Tend means: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
Synonyms for tend12
What does tend mean?3
verb
1
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined“She tends to be nervous before her lectures”
2
have care of or look after“She tends to the children”
3
manage or run“tend a store”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with tend?28
three syllables
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Tend in a sentence
- We tend to watch television, whatever show is broadcasted.Snout
- Strangely, rich people tend to be stingier than poor people.darinmex
- In general, women tend to live ten years longer than men.Anon
- The lower your self-esteem, the more you tend to focus on negative things.patgfisher
- In that language, voiceless consonants tend to be voiced intervocalically.mailohilohi
- Like many people, fish tend to be less active in the cold.Hybrid
- When it rains, the buses tend to run late.DJ_Saidez
- They're globular structures that tend to knit together, forming large clots.DJ_Saidez
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Forms of tend
as a verb
- past tense
- tended
- present participle
- tending
- third-person singular
- tends
- past participle
- tended