tending in English

verb

1

regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic.

written language tends to be formal

synonyms: be inclined, be apt, be disposed, be prone, be liable, have a tendency, have a propensity

2

care for or look after; give one's attention to.

Viola tended plants on the roof

synonyms: look after, take care of, care for, minister to, attend to, see to, wait on, watch over, keep an eye on, mind, protect, watch, guard, supervise, nurse, nurture, cherish

noun

• attention, care, aid

adjective

• apt, minded, given, disposed

verb

• be inclined, be apt, be disposed, be prone, be liable, have a tendency, have a propensity
• incline, lean, gravitate, move, prefer, favor, trend
• look after, take care of, care for, minister to, attend to, see to, wait on, watch over, keep an eye on, mind, protect, watch, guard, supervise, nurse, nurture, cherish
• incline, lean, be given, run

Use "tending" in a sentence

1. Centralising: 1 adj tending to draw to a central point Synonyms: centralizing centripetal , unifying tending to unify consolidative , integrative tending to consolidate Antonyms: deCentralising , decentralizing tending away from a central point centrifugal tending away from …

2. Prices are tending upward.

3. Amelioratory: tending to ameliorate

4. An older pair tending their spawn.

5. Blabbermouthed: tending to talk excessively

6. Tending to protrude or project.

7. Centralising - tending to draw to a central point centralizing deCentralising, decentralizing - tending away from a central point deCentralising,

8. Constrictive definition, constricting; tending to constrict

9. Adjective Asphyxiating or tending to asphyxiate.

10. Accommodative definition, tending to accommodate; adaptive

11. Our government is tending toward democracy.

12. Counteractive: Tending to counteract or oppose

13. Compressive definition, compressing; tending to compress

14. Adjustive: Tending or serving to adjust

15. Centralising - tending to draw to a central point Centralizing decentralising, deCentralizing - tending away from a central point decentralising,

16. Contractionary (Adjective) Tending to cause contraction.

17. Consumptive: Consuming or tending to consume

18. Bouncier, bounciest tending to bounce ( adverb ) bouncily

19. What does Bouncy mean? Tending to bounce

20. Asphyxiant definition, asphyxiating or tending to asphyxiate

21. Lonand and Tom Shawn were tending bar.

22. Clingy: tending to adhere to objects upon contact.

23. Choky definition, tending to choke: a Choky collar

24. Curative: tending to cure disease or restore health.

25. Acceleratory: Accelerating or tending to accelerate; quickening motion.

26. As an adjective Adsorbent is tending to adsorb.

27. Tending or intended to correct: Corrective lenses.

28. Contractive definition, serving or tending to contract

29. Coercive definition, serving or tending to coerce

30. Charismata tending to promote her outer development

31. Approbatory meaning Tending to approve or confirm.

32. What does Agglutinative mean? Tending to agglutinate

33. Confiding definition is - tending to confide : trustful

34. Broodier, broodiest tending to brood ( adverb ) broodily

35. Rituals of bathing and tending the body.

36. Consumptive definition, tending to consume; destructive; wasteful

37. He died while tending to plague victims.

38. Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.

39. Contrarious (Adjective) Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.

40. As an adjective Adsorbent is tending to adsorb.

41. Tending to bulge; having a bulge: a Bulgy envelope.

42. Antipruritic definition is - tending to relieve or prevent itching

43. Absorptive definition, able or tending to absorb; absorbent

44. 11 American medic tending to a German soldier.

45. What does Contractionary mean? Tending to cause contraction

46. Confirmative definition is - tending to confirm or establish.

47. Tending to conciliate: a Conciliatory manner; Conciliatory comments.

48. What does Consumptive mean? Consuming or tending to consume

49. Archconservative: tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

50. Accumulative means having the characteristic of tending to accumulate