Tend
WordNet
verb
(1) Manage or run
"Tend a store"
(2) Have care of or look after
"She tends to the children"
(3) 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"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
- (Followed by to infinitive.) Be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic.
- They tend to go out on Saturdays.
- It tends to snow here in winter.
Usage notes
- In sense 3. this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
- See Appendix:English catenative verbs