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Tend

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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Broader term 5

Attend 76% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Garden 76% connected

A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gravitate 76% connected

To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shepherd 76% connected

A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stoke 76% connected

To stick; to thrust; to stab.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suffer 76% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Tender 74% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tender 74% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Incline 92% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lean 92% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Run 92% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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