tend

tend
tend S1 W1 /tend/ verb1. tend to do something if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again:
    People tend to need less sleep as they get older.
    My car tends to overheat in the summer.
2. (also tend to somebody/something) [transitive] old-fashioned to look after someone or something:
    Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.
3. tend towards something to have one particular quality or feature more than others:
    Charles tends towards obesity.
4. tend bar especially American English to work as a bartender
5. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formal to move or develop in a particular direction
    tend upwards/downwards
    Interest rates are tending upwards.