tended

2.7

Someone looks after it

adjective
/ˈtɛndɪd/

: cuidado

Each plot in the community garden is tended by different families throughout the summer.

Examples

The garden is tended by a local volunteer who loves to keep it beautiful.
The historic lighthouse is now tended by a dedicated team of caretakers.
They were fields of four leaf Clover and little vegetable patches tended by tall, spindly carrot people.

Synonyms

cared-for

vstended

68 2.9

Someone looks after them to keep them healthy and safe

is about having someone managing it rather than only past attention

attended

vstended

3.5

A place or person with someone there to watch and help

is about being looked after or managed rather than only having someone present

supervised

vstended

3.4

Under the watch and control of a responsible person

is about having someone to look after or manage it rather than formal control

maintained

vstended

2.8

Kept in good condition by regular care

is about having someone to look after or manage rather than only condition upkeep

Antonyms

neglected

3.7

Not cared for or looked after so it becomes damaged

How Well

well-kept

7 1.8

tended

2.7

untended

3 4.9

Surface Forms

tended positive

Morphology

tended = tend (transparent) = tend + ed

A regular past-participle adjective formed from the verb 'tend'; the meaning 'looked after' follows directly.

Etymology

Tended comes from the old Latin root tendere, which meant 'to stretch' or 'reach'. You can see the same root in the word attend, which means 'to give care' or 'to pay attention'. So tended means 'looked after'.