tend S1 W1 / tend / 动词

1 tend to do something if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again :

People tend to need less sleep as they get older.

My car tends to overheat in the summer.

2 ( also tend to somebody/something ) [及物动词] old-fashioned to look after someone or something :

Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.

3 tend towards something to have one particular quality or feature more than others :

Charles tends towards obesity.

4 tend bar especially American English to work as a bartender

5 [ intransitive always + 副词 / 介词 ] formal to move or develop in a particular direction

tend upwards/downwards

Interest rates are tending upwards.