1
as in supervises
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tend the store while I run an errand
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2
as in grows
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
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3
as in cultivates
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
plots that during the war were tended by city dwellers as vegetable gardens
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4
as in manages
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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