tend /ˈtɛnd/
 (vt.)照管,照料(vi.)服侍,招待;注意,留心;走向,趨向;傾向;有助于
 Tend, v. i.
 1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
    Two gentlemen tending towards that sight.   --Sir H. Wotton.
 Thus will this latter, as the former world,
 Still tend from bad to worse.   --Milton.
    The clouds above me to the white Alps tend.   --Byron.
 2. To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
    The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.   --Prov. xxi. 5.
    The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind.   --Tillotson.
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 Tend v. t.  O. Eng. Law To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]
 Tend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n. Tending.]
 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.
 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.
 Tend, v. i.
 1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
 Was he not companion with the riotous knights
 That tend upon my father?   --Shak.
 2.  To await; to expect. [Obs.]
 tend
      v 1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
           inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
           "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
           [syn: be given, lean, incline, run]
      2: have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
      3: manage or run; "tend a store"