1 [Vtoinf] to be likely to do sth or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens:
Women tend to live longer than men. * When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes. * It tends to get very cold here in the winter. * People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.
2 [V] ~ (to / towards sth) to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality:
His views tend towards the extreme. * Prices have tended downwards over recent years.
3 ~ (to) sb/sth to care for sb/sth:
[VN] a shepherd tending his sheep * Doctors and nurses tended the injured. * well-tended gardens * [V] Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.
4 [VN] (AmE) to serve customers in a store, bar, etc:
He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.
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Is tend a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, tend is tagged as verb.
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