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2tend

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TEND

1
to take charge of especially on behalf of another <tend the store while I run an errand>
Phrases look after, see after, see to, take care of
2
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care <lately I haven't been doing a good job of tending my garden>
Near Antonyms kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow
3
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on <plots that during the war were tended by city dwellers as vegetable gardens>
Synonyms cultivate, tend, till
Related Words crop, plant; harvest, reap; harrow, hoe; sharecrop
4
to look after and make decisions about <the dying patriarch wondered who would tend the family business after he was gone>

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