tend

About 41.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
2. verb To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   They tend to go out on Saturdays.

3. verb To contribute to or toward some outcome.
4. verb To look after (e.g. an ill person.)

   We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess.

5. verb To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.

   Shepherds tend their flocks.

6. verb To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
7. verb To await; to expect.
8. verb To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

Similar words

lean run incline tendance have oversee seek seem rule prefer

Often followed by

to not toward the towards in more also their

Word family

tended tending tends