Usually means: Care for or look after.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. tend: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. tend, tend: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tend, tend: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tend: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tend: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tend, tend: Wordnik
  7. tend: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. 'tend, tend: Wiktionary
  9. tend: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tend: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tend: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tend: Dictionary.com
  13. tend (1), tend (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. tend: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Tend: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Tend: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. tend: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. tend: Rhymezone
  19. tend: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. tend: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. tend: Free Dictionary
  22. tend: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. tend: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. tend: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. -tend, tend-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tend: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tend: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TEND: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. tend: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tend: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (law, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
verb:  (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
verb:  (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome.
verb:  (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
verb:  To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
verb:  To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
verb:  (obsolete) To await; to expect.
verb:  (obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
verb:  (transitive, nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
verb:  (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.

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