tend 1 of 2

as in to lean
to show a liking or proneness (for something) her wardrobe tends toward dark colors and heavy fabrics

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verb (2)

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as in to cultivate
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on plots that during the war were tended by city dwellers as vegetable gardens

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“Tend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tend. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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