tend
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
She tends to be nervous before her lectures
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- take kindly to hyponym
- suffer hyponym
- gravitate hyponym
Related & opposite
- tendency derivation
- inclination derivation
- inclination derivation
- leaning derivation
Sense 2 verb
have care of or look after
She tends to the children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
manage or run
tend a store
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tendency |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inclination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inclination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | leaning |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take kindly to |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gravitate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | care |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attendant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | garden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shepherd |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | take care |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stoke |