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Definition of Tend
Tend

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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.

To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.

To await; to expect.

To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.

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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Tend Quotations

So I do tend to do documentaries where I can move in and out of them.
Michael Apted

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
Henry David Thoreau

When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Tony Robbins

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
Alice Walker

I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them.
Syd Barrett

Tend Translations

tend in German is abzielen
tend in Italian is piegare, coltivare
tend in Spanish is propender, acostumbrar
tend in Swedish is valla, tendera


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