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Definition of tend : 1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
2. To await; to expect.
3. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
4. To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
5. To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
6. To move in a certain direction; - usually with to or towards.
7. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; - with on or upon.

Synonyms:

ladder, track down, carry, manage, run away, melt down, hightail it, ply, do, superintend, melt, draw, flow, extend, perform, tilt, result in, prevail, lam, nurse, squint, conduce, dispose, persist, black market, course, guard, be given, mind, execute, head for the hills, administer, endure, verge on, run for, trend, list, fly the coop, campaign, minister to, bunk, direct, work, oversee, accomplish, race, take to the woods, feed, point, likely, hunt down, turn tail, operate, care for, lead, escape, guide, run, break away, slant, function, range, bleed, scat, consort, die hard, angle, pass, favor, go, make for, move, pitch, tip, slope, play, scarper, unravel, hunt

endow, benefit, relieve, mother, minister, aid, foster, abet, encourage, facilitate, support, help, fund, assist, sustain, motivate, serve, attend

incline, lean

Usage examples:

• It may easily be imagined the good sense of the mother did not tend to soothe the irritated feelings of the daughter. - "Marriage", Susan Edmonstone Ferrier.
• You know you were asked to tend to those a week ago, Jimmie. - "Brother and Sister", Josephine Lawrence.
• A woman to do the cooking, and two girls to tend the table, will answer your purpose. - "Haste and Waste", Oliver Optic.