tend

• vi.世話をする、傾ける。
• vt.世話をする、世話をする

語源はラテン語のtendere「伸ばす」。

tend

tend: English has two distinct words tend, but they come from the same ultimate source. Tend ‘look after’ [14] is short for attend, which goes back to Latin compound verb based on tendere ‘stretch’ – source of English tend ‘have an inclination’ [14]. Tendere itself was descended from the Indo-European base *ten- ‘stretch’ (source also of English tenant, tenuous, thin, tone, tune, etc), and its other contributions to English include contend [15], distend [14], extend, intend, portend [15], pretend, and also ostensible, tendency [17], tense, tension, and tent.
=> contend, distend, extend, intend, ostensible, portend, pretend, tenant, tense, tent, tenterhooks, tenuous, thin, tone, tune

tend (v.1)

"to incline, to move in a certain direction," early 14c., from Old French tendre "stretch out, hold forth, hand over, offer" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend, make tense; aim, direct; direct oneself, hold a course" (see tenet).

tend (v.2)

"attend to," c. 1200, a shortening of Middle English atenden (see attend).

1. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.

私たちは週に1回昼食を共にすることが多い。

2.Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.

年上の母親は、母親としての楽しみが理想的すぎることが多い。

3.I tend to stick to fresh fruit for pudding.

私はいつも新鮮な果物でデザートを作ることにこだわっています。

4.They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni.

彼らはチキン缶詰やマカロニのような安い加工食品を買うことが多い。

5.I tend to get very uptight during a match.

試合をするとき、私はいつも緊張しています。