SkyfireDict

tending   (TTS Sound)

The noun tending has 1 sense

• care, attention, aid, tending -- (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention")

The verb tend has 3 senses

• tend, be given, lean, incline, run -- (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")


• tend -- (have care of or look after; "She tends to the children")


• tend -- (manage or run; "tend a store")

The adj tending has 1 sense

• apt, disposed, given, minded, tending -- ((usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions")