Usually means: Leans towards; usually behaves as.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. tends: Merriam-Webster
  2. tends: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tends: Vocabulary.com
  4. Tends, tends: Wordnik
  5. tends: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. 'tends, tends: Wiktionary
  7. tends: Dictionary.com
  8. tends: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. tends: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tends: Legal dictionary

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  1. tends: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tend)

verb:  (law, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
verb:  (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
verb:  (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome.
verb:  (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
verb:  To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
verb:  To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
verb:  (obsolete) To await; to expect.
verb:  (obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
verb:  (transitive, nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
verb:  (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.
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