1
as in watched
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tend the store while I run an errand
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2
as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
lately I haven't been doing a good job of tending my garden
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3
as in cultivated
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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4
as in managed
to look after and make decisions about
the dying patriarch wondered who would tend the family business after he was gone
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Recent Examples of tended
Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Paramedics tended to him in an ambulance for at least 10 minutes, reports ABC 7.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Sir Alex Ferguson’s lengthy and wildly successful time in charge ensured any problems tended to reside away from the Old Trafford dugout.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The financial fallout has tended to be much less in the early moments after a shutdown as Wall Street traders are more accustomed to government shutdowns, Stovall said.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Choose the fire that wants to be tended.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Many of the nations in that union have tended to have weaker economies.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Disagreements among the group’s key members, such as a long-running border dispute between China and India, have tended to outweigh their areas of commonality.
—Jeffrey Prescott, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs have tended to bring out the best in Henry.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Females with childcare responsibilities tended to live longer than males in zoos.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Paramedics tended to him in an ambulance for at least 10 minutes, reports ABC 7.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Sir Alex Ferguson’s lengthy and wildly successful time in charge ensured any problems tended to reside away from the Old Trafford dugout.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The financial fallout has tended to be much less in the early moments after a shutdown as Wall Street traders are more accustomed to government shutdowns, Stovall said.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Choose the fire that wants to be tended.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Many of the nations in that union have tended to have weaker economies.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Disagreements among the group’s key members, such as a long-running border dispute between China and India, have tended to outweigh their areas of commonality.
—Jeffrey Prescott, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs have tended to bring out the best in Henry.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Tended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tended. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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