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Examples of tend
tend
Investors tend to buy gold when they're worried about the value of paper assets.
From the usatoday.com
I tend not to re-read books, but somehow this one draws me back again and again.
From the online.wsj.com
Often too busy to eat, they tend to grab snack foods, and prefer the quick meal.
From the kansas.com
His best players tend to have short stays on campus before sprinting to the NBA.
From the timesunion.com
Like almost any scandal in sports, we tend to overreact in the eye of the storm.
From the freep.com
Catchers, like closers, tend to be a bit overrated because of position scarcity.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Women on oral contraceptives tend to increase fat and decrease lean muscle mass.
From the latimes.com
Schools that have a tighter budget tend to be less generous and give more loans.
From the foxbusiness.com
Their workforces also tend to be younger-and cheaper-than their larger brethren.
From the businessweek.com
- 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"
- Have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
- Manage or run; "tend a store"
- (tending) apt(p): (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"
- (tending) care: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
- To make a tender of; to offer or tender; To look after (e.g. an ill person.) [from the early 14th c.]; To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic. [from the mid-14th c.]
- (tending) Action of the verb to tend
- (tended) looked after; took care of
- (Tending) The supervision of the flock by the dog while the flock is grazing. A style of herding used when pastures are unfenced and the dog serves as a living fence.
