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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tending.] [Aphetic form of attend. See Attend, Tend to
     move, and cf. Tender one that tends or attends.]
     1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the
        wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds
        tend their flocks. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And flaming ministers to watch and tend
              Their earthly charge.                 --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There 's not a sparrow or a wren,
              There 's not a blade of autumn grain,
              Which the four seasons do not tend
              And tides of life and increase lend.  --Emerson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Being to descend
              A ladder much in height, I did not tend
              My way well down.                     --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
        the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
        the cable.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tending.] [Aphetic form of attend. See Attend, Tend to
     move, and cf. Tender one that tends or attends.]
     1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the
        wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds
        tend their flocks. --Shak.
  
              And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their
              earthly charge.                       --Milton.
  
              There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a
              blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not
              tend And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson.
  
     2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
  
              Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not
              tend My way well down.                --Chapman.
  
     To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
        the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
        the cable.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  tending
       adj : (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is
             apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am
             not minded to answer any questions" [syn: apt(p), disposed(p),
              given(p), minded(p), tending(p)]
       n : the work of caring for or attending to someone or something;
           "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed
           constant attention" [syn: care, attention, aid]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  'tending
     vb.
     (present participle of en 'tend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tending
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: tend)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  'tending
     vb.
     (present participle of en 'tend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  tending
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: tend)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  'tending
     vb.
     (present participle of en 'tend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  tending
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: tend)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  'tending
     vb.
     (present participle of en 'tend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  tending
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: tend)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tending
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm t end ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tending
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb tend)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Tending /tˈɛndɪŋ/
  الإدارة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tending /tˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  inklinování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tending /tˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  ošetřování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tending /tˈɛndɪŋ/
  hütend
     Synonym: keeping watch over
  
   see: tend, keep watch over, tended, kept watch over
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tending /tˈɛndɪŋ/
  neigend, tendierend
   see: tend to sth., tended, tends, tended, tend to do/be sth., I'd tend to the latter.
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  tending /tˈɛndɪŋ/
  naginjanje, njegovanje, okretanje usidrenog broda

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  tending /tˈɛndɪŋ/
  1. ellátás
  2. felügyelés

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɛndɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     维护保养; 抚育

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