tend

Verb
  1. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something;
    Be inclined (synset 202725274)
    "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes:
    same as: be given, incline, lean, run
  2. Have care of or look after (synset 202555544)
    "She tends to the children"
    is a type of: attend, look, see, take care - take charge of or deal with
    subtypes:
    • garden - work in the garden
    • shepherd - tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
  3. Manage or run (synset 202443912)
    "tend a store"
    is a type of: mind, take care - be in charge of or deal with
    subtypes: stoke - stir up or tend; of a fire

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