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tending [tɛnd]

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tending

[ noun ]

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

<noun.act>

no medical care was required

the old car needs constant attention

[ adj ]

(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

<adj.all>

he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant

I am not minded to answer any questions

Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to
move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.]
1. 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. --Shak.

And flaming ministers to watch and tend
Their earthly charge. --Milton.

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. --Emerson.

2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

Being to descend
A ladder much in height, I did not tend
My way well down. --Chapman.

{To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
the cable.

They are now a critical mass, exerting power and influence throughout corporate life and tending to hire even more MBAs. Noting the need and the interest, the nation's universities are doing their best to maintain a supply.
Youngsters not yet in their teens are shopping and cooking for the family, scheduling their own orthodontist appointments and piano lessons, tending pets and buying their own clothes.
Under the quiet moon of these recent warm evenings, it is an enchanting labour, tending a second presence among the curtains of roses which have just sprung to their yearly best.
For peasants tending tiny, secret mountain plots, the showy red flowers are a cash crop.
South Africa closed last week with prices tending dearer.
Don Vig left his land to the North Dakotan frost, and Tom Britbach's nephews are tending his cattle in Montana.
Words of caution have been heard for days, but the experienced wranglers tending the herd managed to head off any major problems on the trail.
Known as the "emperor of cuisine," Bocuse also was criticized for travelling around the world rather than tending to his stock pots at his restaurant near Lyon.
Organisation was more complex and participants did not interact as well, tending to stay within their own language groups, he added. Nevertheless participants reacted positively.
It used to be old ladies and widows, but is now tending to be younger people who have made their way in business but don't have time to look after their own affairs.'
A bride and four of her bridesmaids, all registered nurses, went from celebrating the wedding to tending the wounded when a tornado smashed through town.
With Bush absorbed in the Persian Gulf crisis, Sununu has been tending the store more and more, and with a firm hand.
Secondary shopping streets and areas are, however, finding the competition difficult and are tending to shift downmarket.
Rajia Begum sat cross-legged on a cot tending her 9-day-old son, not yet named.
Throughout the afternoon Thursday, several nuns worked in the vegetable garden, tending flower beds or sweeping the front porch of the red brick building.
McMurtry started out playing songs by Guy Clark and David Bromberg in Tucson, and after tending bar and playing in San Antonio, he was encouraged by a friend to enter the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1987.
Crude oil futures, at $20 a barrel three weeks ago, had been tending downward since.
That is one reason why companies were tending to move much longer distances. By last year only 35 per cent were within the region compared with almost 80 per cent in the previous decade.
That only happens when people get over-enthusiastic and become overstretched. 'Our only caveat is about the US, where we think share prices are tending to be overvalued, although that position could continue for some time.
Also, overproduction in ethylene is a global problem, with European manufacturers tending to be smaller and less efficient than those in the US and the Far East.
The procession _ with 100 drovers tending the herd and 200 covered wagons and 3,000 dusty riders trailing behind _ headed toward its final camp Friday.
What's going to happen when AIDS reaches these rural areas?" A web of unity has spread through the occupied lands in four months of violence, drawing Palestinian into committees for everything from tending emergency gardens to running the rebellion.
Herman, a top presidential campaign issues adviser, recalls asking Dukakis to review position papers on health care and crime on a day the governor was tending to state duties.
Life is rugged in these treeless, windswept peatlands, and Sunday is the high point of a week otherwise spent fishing, tending sheep and weaving Harris tweed.
For several years she has been tending some of the most high-profile skins in the UKand many have become addicted to her hand-made range of body lotions, bath oils and colognes.
Instead of lazily tending our rose gardens, we hire landscape crews just to keep our lawns mowed." Demographics favor condos.
And they are tending to hold a greater proportion of traditionally secure home mortgages relative to their American counterparts.
"Who's tending the store?"
Labour, Tony said, was playing for 'the sympathy vote'. Russell Martin, the 18-year-old first-time voter, is tending to the Conservative position on trust hospitals.
However, tending to obscure the benefits rise is the public display in many areas of rising wages at fast-food restaurants, shopping malls and supermarkets which, others things being equal, will show up in higher prices.

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