tend (verb)
101converge — verb (converged; converging) Etymology: Late Latin convergere, from Latin com + vergere to bend, incline more at wrench Date: 1691 intransitive verb 1. to tend or move toward one point or one another ; come together …
102react — verb Etymology: New Latin reactus, past participle of reagere, from Latin re + agere to act more at agent Date: 1644 intransitive verb 1. to exert a reciprocal or counteracting force or influence often used with on or upon 2. to change in… …
103reflect — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin reflectere to bend back, from re + flectere to bend Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. archaic to turn into or away from a course ; deflect 2. to prevent passage of and cause to change direction < a… …
104repel — verb (repelled; repelling) Etymology: Middle English repellen, from Middle French repeller, from Latin repellere, from re + pellere to drive more at felt Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to drive back ; repulse …
105stoke — verb (stoked; stoking) Etymology: Dutch stoken; akin to Middle Dutch stuken to push Date: 1683 transitive verb 1. to poke or stir up (as a fire) ; supply with fuel 2. to feed abundantly 3. to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of <… …
106agree — verb 1 share opinion ADVERB ▪ emphatically, heartily, strongly, very much ▪ I very much agree with your point. ▪ absolutely, completely, en …
107inmarry — verb marry within one s own tribe or group The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry • Derivationally related forms: ↑inmarriage • Hypernyms: ↑marry, ↑get married, ↑wed, ↑conjoin, ↑ …
108diverge — verb /daɪˈvɜːdʒ/ a) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / b) To become …
109nurture — verb 1) she nurtured her children into adulthood Syn: bring up, care for, take care of, look after, tend, rear, support 2) we nurtured these plants Syn: cultivate, grow, keep, tend …
110tender — [ˈtendə] adj I 1) gentle in a way that shows that you care about someone or something Her voice was low and tender.[/ex] 2) soft, and easy to cut and eat 3) if a part of your body is tender, it is painful when you touch it • a tender age a time… …
