To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or protector. And flaming ministers to watch and tend . Their earthly charge-- . There is a pleasure in that simplicity, in beholding princes tending their flocks.

To hold and take care of; as, to tend a child.

To be attentive to. Unsuck’d of lamb or kid that tend their play.

To move in a certain direction. Having overheard two gentlemen tending towards that sight-- . Here Dardanus was born, and hither tends.

To be directed to any end or purpose; to aim at; to have or give a leaning. The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind.

To contribute. Our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.

To attend; to wait as attendants or servants. He tends upon my father.

To attend as something inseparable.

To wait; to expect.

To swing round an anchor, as a ship.