tend synonyms

tend

v.

  1. To watch over

    care for, manage, direct, superintend, do, perform, accomplish, guard, administer, minister to, oversee, corral, wait upon, attend, serve, nurse, mind*; see also manage 1.

  2. To have a tendency (toward)

    conduce, lead, point, direct, make for, result in, serve to, be in the habit of, favor, be disposed toward, be predisposed to, be biased in favor of, be prejudiced in favor of, be apt to, gravitate toward, incline to, verge on.

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