tend
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
Verb 4 meanings
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
“They tend to go out on Saturdays.”
To contribute to or toward some outcome.
To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
“We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess.”
Etymology
From Middle English tenden, from Middle French tendre, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”).
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TEND at a glance
TEND has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,590 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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