"tend" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /tɛnd/ Audio: en-us-tend.ogg Forms: tends [present, singular, third-person], tending [participle, present], tended [participle, past], tended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English *tenden, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tend-|id=stretch}}, {{inh|en|enm|*tenden}} Middle English *tenden, {{der|en|fro|tendre||to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender}} Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), {{der|en|la|tendere||to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out}} Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
  1. (law, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. Tags: Old-English Categories (topical): Law Translations (to make a tender of; to offer or tender): tarjota (Finnish), traiter de (French), appaltare (Italian), ofrir (Occitan), far una ofèrta (Occitan), предлага́ть (predlagátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предложи́ть (predložítʹ) (english: to offer) [perfective] (Russian), ofrecer (Spanish), tendene (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-heQN3cZm Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 37 34 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to make a tender of; to offer or tender': 100 0 0
  2. (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. Translations (to be probable or likely): клоня (klonja) (Bulgarian), насочен съм (nasočen sǎm) (Bulgarian), tendir (Catalan), emi (Esperanto), kippuma (Estonian), olla tapana (Finnish), pyrkiä (Finnish), tahtoa (Finnish), tupata (Finnish), yleensä (note: + verb) (Finnish), avoir tendance à (French), tender (Galician), tendieren zu (German), τείνω (teíno) (Greek), ρέπω (répo) (Greek), נָטָה (Hebrew), szokott (Hungarian), pruukata (Ingrian), tendere (Italian), essere probabile (Italian), propendere (Italian), tender (Portuguese), име́ть тенде́нцию (imétʹ tɛndɛ́nciju) [imperfective] (Russian), проявля́ть тенде́нцию (projavljátʹ tɛndɛ́nciju) [imperfective] (Russian), име́ть скло́нность (imétʹ sklónnostʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проявля́ть скло́нность (projavljátʹ sklónnostʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), склоня́ться (sklonjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), клони́ться (klonítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), tender (Spanish), propender (Spanish), tendera (Swedish), ма́ти тенде́нцію (máty tendénciju) (Ukrainian), схиля́тися (sxyljátysja) (Ukrainian), tendene (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-OuW9spjC Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 44 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 21 53 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 24 44 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 28 42 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 44 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 24 44 31 Disambiguation of 'to be probable or likely': 1 93 6
  3. (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-xyy47iMl Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 37 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tendency Related terms: tense, tension, tent, intend, be given to
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /tɛnd/ Audio: en-us-tend.ogg Forms: tends [present, singular, third-person], tending [participle, present], tended [participle, past], tended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English tenden, by apheresis of attenden (“to attend”). More at attend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tenden}} Middle English tenden Head templates: {{en-verb}} tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
  1. (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) Synonyms (to look after): care for, minister to, nurse, to, take care of Translations (to look after): грижа се (griža se) (Bulgarian), truedha (Cornish), flegi (Esperanto), zorgi (Esperanto), hoitaa (Finnish), pitää huolta (Finnish), huolehtia (Finnish), coidar (Galician), sorgen für (German), φροντίζω (frontízo) (Greek), ápol (Hungarian), gondoz (Hungarian), avere cura di (Italian), accudire (Italian), curare (Italian), dedicarsi (Italian), めんどうをみる (mendō o miru) (Japanese), whāomoomo (english: an invalid or child) (Maori), whakaomoomo (english: an invalid or child) (Maori), taurima (Maori), nānā (Maori), rauhī (Maori), tūpore (Maori), velhar sus (Occitan), s'ocupar de (Occitan), cuidar de (Portuguese), avea grijă (Romanian), уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), забо́титься (zabótitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), cuidar de (Spanish), ver por (Spanish), velar por (Spanish), yärp- (Tocharian B), tendene (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-MRNoE1pB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Zazaki translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 4 25 16 15 9 6 5 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 7 6 26 11 13 8 6 6 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 6 5 28 11 16 8 6 5 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 5 26 10 23 7 6 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 6 7 29 18 13 8 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 6 4 34 16 16 9 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 6 4 28 17 13 7 6 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 7 5 32 19 14 8 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 7 5 33 15 15 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 8 7 28 14 13 9 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 9 5 35 17 11 7 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 6 4 32 14 15 8 6 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 3 7 4 32 14 13 7 6 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 8 3 35 18 12 10 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 6 4 32 14 15 8 6 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 6 5 33 15 16 8 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 4 6 4 34 16 16 9 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 37 22 17 10 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 38 18 12 21 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 40 18 19 10 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 37 22 17 10 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 37 22 17 10 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 63 13 14 5 3 2 Disambiguation of 'to look after': 53 37 2 3 3 3 Disambiguation of 'to look after': 53 37 2 3 3 3
  2. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard. Synonyms (to accompany as an assistant): guard, look after, watch Translations (to accompany as an assistant or protector): pást [imperfective] (Czech), vartioida (Finnish), huolehtia (Finnish), badare (Italian), custodire (Italian), prendersi cura (Italian)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-4uj4UQI9 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 5 26 10 23 7 6 5 8 Disambiguation of 'to accompany as an assistant': 14 66 6 5 5 3 Disambiguation of 'to accompany as an assistant or protector': 6 86 3 2 2 2
  3. To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend. Translations (to wait upon, attend): обслужвам (obslužvam) (Bulgarian), palvella (Finnish), accudire (Italian), vegliare (Italian), preoccuparsi (Italian)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-uP9FmZSe Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 5 26 10 23 7 6 5 8 Disambiguation of 'to wait upon, attend': 12 9 42 16 19 2
  4. (obsolete) To await; to expect. Tags: obsolete Translations (to await, expect): очаквам (očakvam) (Bulgarian), odottaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-oR9~Q1K2 Disambiguation of 'to await, expect': 7 5 11 63 14 1
  5. (obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (to be attentive to): attend to Translations (to be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to): varoa (Finnish), olla varovainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-MYzdCpQl Disambiguation of 'to be attentive to': 4 3 5 2 85 0 Disambiguation of 'to be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to': 3 3 8 8 78 1
  6. (transitive, nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-gIKsFeFd Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'tend [obsolete] Derived forms: bartend, tend bar, tend to one's knitting, tend to one's own knitting
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tɛnd/ Audio: en-us-tend.ogg Forms: tends [present, singular, third-person], tending [participle, present], tended [participle, past], tended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English tenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle, set on fire”) (usually in compounds ātendan, fortendan, ontendan), from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną (“to kindle”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Danish tænde (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to ignite”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tandjan, “to kindle”), Icelandic tendra (“to ignite”), German zünden (“to light, ignite, fire”). Related to tinder. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*den-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tenden}} Middle English tenden, {{inh|en|ang|tendan||to kindle, set on fire}} Old English tendan (“to kindle, set on fire”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tandijaną||to kindle}} Proto-Germanic *tandijaną (“to kindle”), {{cog|da|tænde||to kindle}} Danish tænde (“to kindle”), {{cog|sv|tända||to ignite}} Swedish tända (“to ignite”), {{cog|got|𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽||to kindle}} Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tandjan, “to kindle”), {{cog|is|tendra||to ignite}} Icelandic tendra (“to ignite”), {{cog|de|zünden||to light, ignite, fire}} German zünden (“to light, ignite, fire”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn. Tags: dialectal, transitive Synonyms: teend, tende, tind, tinde, teen, teind, tynd, tynde, tine [Scotland] Derived forms: atend, attend Translations (to kindle, ignite): sytyttää (Finnish), infiammare (Italian), accendere (Italian), alucar (Occitan), afogar (Occitan), ignir (Occitan), поджигать (podžigatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поджечь (podžečʹ) [perfective] (Russian), разжигать (razžigatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разжечь (razžečʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tend-en-verb-9kms1aGI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "yleensä"
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          "word": "pruukata"
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          "word": "propendere"
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        "(obsolete) To await; to expect."
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        "(obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to."
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        "(transitive, nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging."
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "alucar"
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    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "word": "tarjota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "word": "traiter de"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "word": "appaltare"
    },
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "word": "ofrir"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "word": "far una ofèrta"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "предлага́ть"
    },
    {
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      "english": "to offer",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predložítʹ",
      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "предложи́ть"
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      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "word": "ofrecer"
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      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to make a tender of; to offer or tender",
      "word": "tendene"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "клоня"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "nasočen sǎm",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "насочен съм"
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      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "tendir"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "emi"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "kippuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "olla tapana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "pyrkiä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "tahtoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "tupata"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "+ verb",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "yleensä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "avoir tendance à"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "tender"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "tendieren zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "teíno",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "τείνω"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "répo",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "ρέπω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "נָטָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "szokott"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to be probable or likely",
      "word": "pruukata"
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      "code": "it",
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}

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      "sense": "to look after",
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      "sense": "to look after",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "めんどうをみる"
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      "word": "velhar sus"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "yärp-"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "vartioida"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "huolehtia"
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      "word": "palvella"
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      "code": "it",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle, set on fire”) (usually in compounds ātendan, fortendan, ontendan), from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną (“to kindle”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Danish tænde (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to ignite”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tandjan, “to kindle”), Icelandic tendra (“to ignite”), German zünden (“to light, ignite, fire”). Related to tinder.",
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    {
      "form": "tends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kindle",
          "kindle"
        ],
        [
          "ignite",
          "ignite"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "inflame",
          "inflame"
        ],
        [
          "burn",
          "burn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɛnd/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-tend.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-us-tend.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "teend"
    },
    {
      "word": "tende"
    },
    {
      "word": "tind"
    },
    {
      "word": "tinde"
    },
    {
      "word": "teen"
    },
    {
      "word": "teind"
    },
    {
      "word": "tynd"
    },
    {
      "word": "tynde"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "tine"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "word": "sytyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "word": "infiammare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "word": "accendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "word": "alucar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "word": "afogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "word": "ignir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podžigatʹ",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поджигать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podžečʹ",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поджечь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razžigatʹ",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разжигать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razžečʹ",
      "sense": "to kindle, ignite",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разжечь"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tend"
  ],
  "word": "tend"
}

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