tend
/tɛnd/
verb
- To be likely to do something or to happen in a particular way.
- People tend to eat more when they are stressed.
- The weather here tends to be rainy in the spring.
- He tends to arrive late for meetings.
- To care for or look after someone or something.
- He spent the summer tending sheep in the mountains.
- She tends her garden every morning before work.
- The nurse tended to the injured patient with great care.
- To move or develop in a particular direction.
- His opinions tend toward the conservative side.
- Interest rates are tending upward this year.
- The road tends to the left after the bridge.