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Definition of tend

"tend" in the verb sense

1. tend, be given, lean, incline, run

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"

2. tend

have care of or look after

"She tends to the children"

3. tend

manage or run

"tend a store"

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Quotations for tend

This world is nothing except it tend to another. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Resolved: Never to speak evil of any one, so that it shall tend to his dishonor. [ JONATHAN EDWARDS ]

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

I think people tend to forget that trees are living creatures. They're sort of like dogs. Huge, quiet, motionless dogs, with bark instead of fur. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

To one given to day-dreaming, and fond of losing himself in reveries, a sea-voyage is full of subjects for meditation; but then they are the wonders of the deep and of the air, and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes. [ W. Irving ]

Equality is deemed by many a mere speculative chimera, which can never be reduced to practice. But if the abuse is inevitable, does it follow that we ought not to try at least to mitigate it? It is precisely because the force of things tends always to destroy equality that the force of the legislature must always tend to maintain it. [ Rousseau ]

It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire to find any proposition true will unconsciously tend to that result, by dismissing importunate suggestions which run counter to the belief, and welcoming those which favor it. The psychological law, that we only see what interests us, and only assimilate what is adapted to our condition, causes the mind to select its evidence. [ G. H. Lewes ]

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tend in Scrabble®

The word tend is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters tend:

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tend in Words With Friends™

The word tend is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

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Words that start with tend (47 words)

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Words that end with tend (21 words)

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Word Growth involving tend

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