If you manage, run, or work at a store, you can say you tend it. If you tend the bar in a restaurant, for example, you serve drinks, dry glasses, and fill dishes with pretzels.
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
Verb
manage or run; "tend a store"
Verb
have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
Verb
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
v. t.
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
v. t.
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the
wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their
flocks.
v. t.
To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
v. i.
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend;
-- with on or upon.
v. i.
To await; to expect.
a.
To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or
towards.
a.
To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to
have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a
means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our
destruction.
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And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge.
There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend And tides of life and increase lend.2.
Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well down.
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Was he not companion with the riotous knights That tend upon my father?2.
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Two gentlemen tending towards that sight.
Thus will this latter, as the former world, Still tend from bad to worse.
The clouds above me to the white Alps tend.2.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind.
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard;
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
Usage Examples
Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.
Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.
Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with.
But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.
Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters.
But as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more timid in expressing their feelings for you. Regardless, I always prefer a friendship first and foremost.
A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
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Other Usage ExamplesBands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.
Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.
As a rule lawyers tend to want to do whatever they can to win.
Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.
As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.
As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.
Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion, say, or Obama's birthplace - tend to come when an opponent is desperate and can't sell himself.
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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