EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
tend1, 1 v.tr. Tugaim aire do (dhuine breoite); déanaim freastal, friotháil, ar (dhuine); déanaim buachailleacht ar (ainmhithe); saothraím (gairdín). 2 v.i. To tend (up) on s.o., freastal, friotháil, ar dhuine; giollaíocht a dhéanamh ar dhuine.
tend2, v.i. 1 a (Of course, etc.) Claonann, caitheann(towards sth., i dtreo ruda). The road tends downwards, tá fána bheag sa bhóthar. F: Where does this movement tend? cá bhfuil triall na gluaiseachta seo? Doctrine that tends towards socialism, teagasc a bhfuil luí aige le sóisialachas. Blue tending to green, gorm agus imir ghlas ann. b Examples that tend to undermine morality, samplaí den sórt a chuirfeadh an mhoráltacht de dhroim seoil. To tend to the success of an enterprise, dul chun sochair, cur chun ratha, do ghnó. 2 To tend to do sth., claonadh m, luí m, a bheith agat le rud a dhéanamh. Woollens that tend to shrink, éadaí olla atá tucarach do chrapadh.