tend

verb10

1. •
   to be likely to do something or to be a certain way, because that is what usually happens

   • They tend to go out on Saturdays.
   • It tends to snow here in winter.
2. •
   To look after (e.g. an ill person.)

   • We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess.
3. •
   To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.

   • Shepherds tend their flocks.
4. •
   To contribute to or toward some outcome.

   • She had found in her everything that could tend to make a farther connection between the families undesirable. — 1811
5. •
   To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.

   • Was he not companion with the riotous knights / That tend upon my father? — 1603
6. •
   To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
7. •
   To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
8. •
   (dialect) To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.
9. •
   (no longer used) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

   • Being to descend / A ladder much in height, I did not tend / My way well down. — 1614
10. •
    (no longer used) To await; to expect.

    • Had I not. Four or five women once that tended me? — 1610