verb
tend
Look after someone or something.
The nurse tends her patients with patience and care.
Etymology
This tend shortens attend. Its care-giving sense preserves attending to someone's needs or looking after a thing.
More examples
- She tends the garden every morning before work.
- Someone needs to tend the fire while we cook.
- We tended the injured bird until it could fly again.
Forms
tend · tends · tended · tending