See Also: tend(1)(dictionary)
tend(2)(dictionary)
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tend(dictionary)

tend (oh)



[Sense: 1, 3, 5; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: tendre 'to stretch', from Latin tendere]
[Sense: 2, 4; Date: 1100-1200; Origin: attend]
tend to do sth
if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again
::People tend to need less sleep as they get older.
::My car tends to overheat in the summer.
also tend to sb/sth
[T] old-fashioned to look after someone or something
::Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.
tend towards sth
to have one particular quality or feature more than others
::Charles tends towards obesity.
tend bar
especially AmE to work as a bartender
[I always + adverb/preposition] formal to move or develop in a particular direction
tend upwards/downwards
::Interest rates are tending upwards.