tend

Other forms of tend

past tense

tended·

present participle

tending·

third person

tends·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tend

What does tend mean?

tend means "have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tend?

tend has 1 syllable: tend. In IPA it is /ˈtɛnd/.

What is another word for tend?

Close synonyms include be given, lean, incline, run. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tend a common word?

tend is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tend?

5 words rhyme with tend. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.