Tra từ tend - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tend [tend tends tended tending] BrE [tend] NAmE [tend] verb
1. intransitive ~ to do sth to be likely to do sth or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens
• Women tend to live longer than men.
• When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.
•It tends to get very cold here in the winter.
•People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.
2. intransitive ~ (to/towards sth) to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality
•His views tend towards the extreme.
•Prices have tended downwards over recent years.
3. transitive, intransitive to care for sb/sth
•~ sb/sth a shepherd tending his sheep
•Doctors and nurses tended the injured.
•well-tended gardens
•~ to sb/sth Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.
4. transitive ~ sth (NAmE)to serve customers in a store, bar, etc
•He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
senses 1 to 2 Middle English ‘move or be inclined to move in a certain direction’ Old French tendre ‘stretch, tend’ Latin tendere senses 3 to 4 Middle English ↑attend

Language Bank:
generally
Ways of saying ‘in general’
▪ Women generally ▪ earn less than men.
Generally speaking ▪, jobs traditionally done by women are paid at a lower rate than those traditionally done by men.
In general ▪ / By and large ▪, women do not earn as much as men.
▪ Certain jobs, like nursing and cleaning, are still mainly ▪ carried out by women.
▪ Senior management posts are predominantly ▪ held by men.
▪ Most senior management posts tend to ▪ be held by men.
▪ Women are, for the most part ▪, still paid less than men.
▪ Economic and social factors are, to a large extent ▪, responsible for women being concentrated in low-paid jobs.
Language Banks at ↑conclusion, ↑except, ↑similarly

Example Bank:
•They helped the farmers tend their cattle.
•We looked out of the window at the well-tended gardens.
•He tended to her every need.
•She lovingly tended her garden.
•well-tended lawns
•When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.