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Tending

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Similar meaning 2

Inclined 84% connected

of Incline

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Inclined 84% connected

of Incline

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Narrower term 7

Incubation 76% connected

A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intervention 76% connected

The act of intervening; interposition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Livery 76% connected

The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manicure 76% connected

A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nourishment 76% connected

The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nursing 76% connected

of Nurse

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Treatment 76% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tend 74% connected

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tend 74% connected

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Aid 92% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Apt 92% connected

Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Attention 92% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Care 92% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disposed 92% connected

of Dispose

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Given 92% connected

of Give

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Minded 92% connected

of Mind

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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