tending

1. 1.

   (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

   “he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant”

   “I am not minded to answer any questions”

   Synonymsaptdisposedgivenminded

   Similarinclined

Other forms of tending

plural

tendings·

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 tending

What does tending mean?

tending means "the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tending?

tending has 2 syllables: ten-ding. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛndɪŋ/.

What is another word for tending?

Close synonyms include care, attention, aid, apt, disposed. 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 tending a common word?

tending is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 tending?

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