as in prone
having a tendency to be or act in a certain way
people tending toward daily exercise will significantly reduce their risk of cardiac arrest
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as in leaning
to show a liking or proneness (for something)
her wardrobe tends toward dark colors and heavy fabrics
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as in supervising
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tend the store while I run an errand
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as in growing
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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as in cultivating
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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as in managing
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 tending
Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The trailer for With Love, Meghan was released two weeks ahead of the show's premiere and features the Duchess performing a number of activities from tending to a beehive to arranging flowers at a shop and hosting a mix of friends and celebrity guests.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The trailer for With Love, Meghan was released two weeks ahead of the show's premiere and features the Duchess performing a number of activities from tending to a beehive to arranging flowers at a shop and hosting a mix of friends and celebrity guests.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The trailer for With Love, Meghan was released two weeks ahead of the show's premiere and features the Duchess performing a number of activities from tending to a beehive to arranging flowers at a shop and hosting a mix of friends and celebrity guests.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Three nurses and three therapists will spend the camp week with the kids, tending to physical and emotional needs.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Three nurses and three therapists will spend the camp week with the kids, tending to physical and emotional needs.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
All throughout the year, Sardinian villagers work together in cooperatives, tending their vineyards and olive orchards and raising pigs for ham and salami.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Three nurses and three therapists will spend the camp week with the kids, tending to physical and emotional needs.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
The trailer for With Love, Meghan was released two weeks ahead of the show's premiere and features the Duchess performing a number of activities from tending to a beehive to arranging flowers at a shop and hosting a mix of friends and celebrity guests.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The trailer for With Love, Meghan was released two weeks ahead of the show's premiere and features the Duchess performing a number of activities from tending to a beehive to arranging flowers at a shop and hosting a mix of friends and celebrity guests.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The trailer for With Love, Meghan was released two weeks ahead of the show's premiere and features the Duchess performing a number of activities from tending to a beehive to arranging flowers at a shop and hosting a mix of friends and celebrity guests.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The trailer for With Love, Meghan was released two weeks ahead of the show's premiere and features the Duchess performing a number of activities from tending to a beehive to arranging flowers at a shop and hosting a mix of friends and celebrity guests.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Three nurses and three therapists will spend the camp week with the kids, tending to physical and emotional needs.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Three nurses and three therapists will spend the camp week with the kids, tending to physical and emotional needs.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
All throughout the year, Sardinian villagers work together in cooperatives, tending their vineyards and olive orchards and raising pigs for ham and salami.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Three nurses and three therapists will spend the camp week with the kids, tending to physical and emotional needs.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tending
Adjective
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And for older folks who often feel cold and are prone to bundling up, covering the skin in warm weather can be dangerous.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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The stock is prone to big moves after reporting earnings and can easily gap up if the numbers are strong.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Weed customers don’t seem inclined to pay more for cannabis harvested without pesticides, or trimmed by hand, or grown in a celebrated region.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump was taking cues from Elon Musk, who seemed inclined to shelve the plan to put Americans back on the lunar surface and focus instead on an all-out sprint to Mars.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Tending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tending. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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