Tend

Morpheme

Tend

Type

free base

Denotation

move in a certain direction, lean towards, stretch out

Etymology

Middle English tenden; Old French tendre; Latin tendere

Evidence

attend, attended, attending, attends, contend, contended, contending, contends, distend, distended, distending, distends, extend, extended, extending, extends, intend, intended, intending, intends, portend, portended, portending, portends, pretend, pretended, pretending, pretends, subtend, subtended, subtending, subtends, tend, tended, tendency, tender, tending, tendon, tends, tendu, tendus

See Also

Tense, Tender

Homographs

Tend, Tend