Tend Verb Tended Direction Tending Intransitive C Archaic

tend

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\\ˈtend\\ verbintransitive verb
1. archaic :
2. to pay attention : apply oneself
    tend to your own affairs
    tend to our correspondence
3. to act as an attendant :

serve

    tended to his wife
4. obsolete :
transitive verb
1. archaic : to attend as a servant
2.
  a. to apply oneself to the care of : watch over
      tended her sick father
  b. to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer
      tend the sheep
  c.

cultivate

,

foster

  d. to manage the operations of :

mind

      tend the store
      tend the fire
3. to stand by (as a rope) in readiness to prevent mischance (as fouling)

II

intransitive verb1. to move, direct, or develop one's course in a particular direction
    cannot tell where society is tending
2. to exhibit an inclination or tendency :

conduce

    tends to be optimistic

tend
 1.
  tend (1) "to incline, to move in a certain direction," c.1350, from O.Fr. tendre "stretch, hold forth, offer" (11c.), from L. tendere "to aim, stretch, extend" (see tenet).
 2.
  tend (2) "attend to," early 14c., aphetic of M.E. atenden (see attend).

☞ tend
tend / tend / verb1. [V to inf] to be likely to do sth or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens
   往往会；常常就:
   Women tend to live longer than men.
   女人往往比男人长寿。
   When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.
   我累了就容易出错。
   It tends to get very cold here in the winter.
   这里冬天往往会很冷。
   People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.
   人们往往认为这个问题绝不会影响到他们。
2. [V] ~ (to / towards sth) to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality
   趋向；走向；倾向；趋于:
   His views tend towards the extreme.
   他的观点趋于偏激。
   Prices have tended downwards over recent years.
   近年来物价趋于下降。
3. ~ (to) sb / sth to care for sb / sth
   照料；照管；护理:
  ▪ [VN]
   a shepherd tending his sheep
   照看羊的牧人
   Doctors and nurses tended the injured.
   医生和护士护理受伤者。
   well-tended gardens
   精心照料的花园
  ▪ [V]
   Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.
   救护车上的救护人员在照料受伤者。
4. [VN] (NAmE) to serve customers in a store, bar, etc.
   招待,侍候,照顾,照料(商店、酒吧等的顾客):
   He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.
   他在旧金山做酒吧服务员。

tend verb

tend
I. \ˈtend\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English tenden, short for attenden to attend
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to give ear :
 < tend to the master's whistle — Shakespeare >
2. : to pay attention : apply oneself
 < you mind your business, and I'll tend to mine — Evelyn Barkins >
3. : to act as an attendant or servant : ,
 < never closed an eye watching and tending in his house — Walter Macken >
4. obsolete : to be waiting :
 < the time invites you, go, your servants tend — Shakespeare >
transitive verb
1. archaic : to attend as a servant : accompany in order to render service
 < had I not four or five women once that tended me — Shakespeare >
2. chiefly dialect : to be present at :
3.
 a. : to apply oneself to the care of : care for the wants of : minister to : watch over
  < tended him and ministered to his wants like an angel — C.B.Fairbanks >
  < tending the destitute mothers and children — Winston Churchill >
 b. : to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer
  < a likely little citizen who … tends the family sheep — Irene Smith >
 c. : ,
  < rice which has been specially planted and tended — J.G.Frazer >
 d. : to manage the operations of or do the necessary work connected with :
  < tended his textile mills — T.D.Parrish >
  < quit to tend an open hearth — Time >
  < tend store >
  < tend bar >
  < tend the fire >
4. archaic : be attentive to : listen to
 < the stars that tend thy bidding — John Keats >
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II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English tenden, short for intenden, entenden to intend
dialect : ,
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English tenden, from Middle French tendre to stretch, stretch out, direct oneself toward a place, tend, from Latin tendere — more at
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to direct one's course or become moved in a particular direction
  < saw far in the north the misty outlines of the shore towards which they were tending — William Black >
 b. : to undergo change or development in a particular direction or toward a particular goal
  < the ideal toward which evolution continually tended — Roscoe Pound >
  < the symptoms — where they were tending, where they were bound to end — disturbed him — J.G.Cozzens >
 c. : to extend in a certain direction
  < the foot of each sail is tending aft at quite an angle — All Hands >
2.
 a. : to have an inclination to a particular quality, aspect, or state
  < modern hive design tends to simplicity — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox >
  < many marine invertebrates tend towards transparency or a bluish coloration — W.H.Dowdeswell >
 b. : to have an inclination toward a particular belief, feeling, or attitude
  < he tends to deny the moral content in human affairs — Norman Cousins >
  < painters tend to rejoice in the commonplace — David Sylvester >
3. : to exert activity or influence in a particular direction : serve as a means :
 < the reduction of reserve requirements will tend to ease business borrowing — Nation's Business >
 < not true that any advance in the scale of culture inevitably tends to the preservation of society — A.N.Whitehead >
4. of a ship : to swing with the tide or wind while anchored
intransitive verb
1. : to manage (an anchored vessel) so as to prevent fouling of the cable
2. : to stand by (as a rope) in readiness to prevent fouling or other mischance
 < has a lifeline round him which is tended inboard — Manual of Seamanship >
IV. noun
(-s)
: the angle made by the line of a ship's keel and the direction of the anchor cable when the ship is swinging at anchor
 < signaling with a flashlight the tend of the chain to the bridge — Chesley Wilson >

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