to tend
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1.0
- verb
- /tɛnd/
:
cuidar
- After high school, Jon Kelly assisted his father in tending the family businesses.
- tend a garden
- well-tended
- tend the fields
But there comes a time where you do need to tend to your own needs.
- But there comes a time where you do need to tend to your own needs.
- This whole notion that women need to tend and befriend.
- So in that sense, they're farming or or tending or shepherding the scale insects.
- I plant a seed and I tend it and nurse it and I watch it grow.
- But this person comes and gets to gets to his knees and tends to the wounds.
- And, you know, millions of humans spend their lives tending to the welfare of these plants.
- Some escape the war, others tend the bodies avoid their glances.
Examples
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He enjoys the outdoors, where he can tend to his garden every weekend.
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I plant a seed and I tend it and nurse it and I watch it grow.
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But there comes a time where you do need to tend to your own needs.
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Never allow someone else to tend your money, your woman, or your ship.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'll tend to it right away.
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After that he went back and tended to the sheep.
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I haven't had time to tend to my garden like I should.
Fiction book (1990) -
And, you know, millions of humans spend their lives tending to the welfare of these plants.
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Their homes were modest but clean, and nicely furnished in well-tended, older neighborhoods of Santiago.
Academic text (1990) -
The houses changed character, becoming well-tended and neat, the yards trimmed and nourished.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
∞
1.3
To look after a person or thing and deal with their needs
∞
1.3
To look after someone or deal with a problem
∞
1.0
To look after someone or something so they stay safe and well
347
1.0
Look after a sick or injured person and give them needed help
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2.3
To hold and use things carefully so they do not break or fall
151
3.6
To take care of someone or something
60
2.3
To take care of someone to help them get better
Phrasal Verbs
How Well
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tend comes from the Latin word tendere, which meant 'to stretch' or 'to direct', and the same root is in words like attend and attention. So to tend a garden or a person is to 'direct' your care to them and look after them.