tend2

 
Pronunciation: /tɛnd/

verb

[with object]
  • care for or look after; give one’s attention to: Varela tended plants on the roof [no object]: ambulance crews were tending to the injured
  • US direct or manage; work in: I’ve been tending bar at the airport lounge
  • archaic wait on as an attendant or servant: the man that tended the carpenter [no object]: Enid tended on him there

Derivatives

tendance

noun ( archaic)

Origin:

Middle English: shortening of attend