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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tend

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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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Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2025 Economists tend to track the Case-Shiller Indices more closely than the median home price or studies on home values. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025 People also tend to overestimate how inconvenient the helper will find the request and underestimate how happy helping will make them, one study found. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025 Locals tend to favor more polished footwear, even in warm weather. Mariana Zapata, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tend

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“Tend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tend. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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