tend

/tˈɛnd/

/ˈtɛnd/

to tend

MAIN VERB

to be likely to become something or to happen in a certain way because it is so most of the time

synonyms : be given

a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi

have care of or look after

manage or run

Examples

1. In the summer, her curly hair tends to get frizzy because of the humidity.

2. She tends to rub people up the wrong way.

3. People tend to give him a wide berth because he looks so strange.

4. This company tends to employ young women have an eye to the main chance.