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tending
(encz) | tending,inklinování n: Zdeněk Brož |
tending
(encz) | tending,ošetřování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tending
(gcide) | Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tending.] [Aphetic form of attend. See Attend, Tend to
move, and cf. Tender one that tends or attends.]
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. --Shak.
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And flaming ministers to watch and tend
Their earthly charge. --Milton.
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There 's not a sparrow or a wren,
There 's not a blade of autumn grain,
Which the four seasons do not tend
And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson.
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2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
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Being to descend
A ladder much in height, I did not tend
My way well down. --Chapman.
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To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
the cable.
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tending
(wn) | tending
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he
is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am
not minded to answer any questions" [syn: apt(p),
disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)]
n 1: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone
or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car
needs constant attention" [syn: care, attention, aid,
tending] |
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intending
(mass) | intending
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attending
(encz) | attending,docházení n: Zdeněk Brož |
contending
(encz) | contending,nepřátelský adj: Zdeněk Brožcontending,protichůdný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
extending
(encz) | extending,prodloužení adj: extending,rozšíření adj: |
intending
(encz) | intending,budoucí adj: Zdeněk Brožintending,zamýšlejíce n: Zdeněk Brož |
pretending
(encz) | pretending,předstírající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tending
(encz) | tending,inklinování n: Zdeněk Brožtending,ošetřování n: Zdeněk Brož |
unpretending
(encz) | unpretending,skromný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Attending
(gcide) | Attend \At*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to
expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to
apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give
heed to; to regard. [Obs.]
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The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not
attend the unskillful words of the passenger. --Sir
P. Sidney.
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2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch
over.
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3. To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to
visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or
follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to
serve.
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The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.
--Spenser.
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Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
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With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to
attend William thither. --Macaulay.
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4. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or
consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
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What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
--Dryden.
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5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert,
a business meeting.
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6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store
for. [Obs.]
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The state that attends all men after this. --Locke.
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Three days I promised to attend my doom. --Dryden.
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Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice.
Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To
mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to
regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed
is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution;
to notice is to think on that which strikes the
senses. --Crabb. See Accompany.
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Coextending
(gcide) | Coextend \Co`ex*tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coextended; p. pr.
& vb. n. Coextending.]
To extend through the same space or time with another; to
extend to the same degree.
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According to which the least body may be coextended
with the greatest. --Boyle.
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Has your English language one single word that is
coextended through all these significations? --Bentley.
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Contending
(gcide) | Contend \Con*tend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Contended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Contending.] [OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum;
con- + tendere to strech. See Tend.]
1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie;
to quarrel; to fight.
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For never two such kingdoms did contend
Without much fall of blood. --Shak.
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The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites,
neither contend with them in battle. --Deut. ii. 9.
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In ambitious strength I did
Contend against thy valor. --Shak.
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2. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain
possession of, or to defend.
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You sit above, and see vain men below
Contend for what you only can bestow. --Dryden.
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3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute;
to argue.
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The question which our author would contend for.
--Locke.
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Many things he fiercely contended about were
trivial. --Dr. H. More.
Syn: To struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose;
emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate.
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Distending
(gcide) | Distend \Dis*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distending.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum;
dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to
distend, d['e]tendre to unbend. See Tend, and cf.
Detent.]
1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to
stretch. [R.]
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But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased? --Milton.
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2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to
enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to
produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a
bladder, the stomach, etc.
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The warmth distends the chinks. --Dryden.
Syn: To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
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Extending
(gcide) | Extend \Ex*tend"\ ([e^]ks*t[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L. extendere,
extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See
Trend.]
1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or
continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to
extend a cord across the street.
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Few extend their thoughts toward universal
knowledge. --Locke.
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2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread;
to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or
rolling them.
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3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend
the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to
extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to
lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or
a season of trial.
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4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
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His helpless hand extend. --Dryden.
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5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend
sympathy to the suffering.
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6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating
additions; as, to extend liquors. --G. P. Burnham.
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7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in
satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
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Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type,
having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type
of the same height.
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Note: This is extended type.
Syn: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See
Increase.
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Intending
(gcide) | Intend \In*tend"\ ([i^]n*t[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.] [OE. entenden to be
attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and
intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in-
in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend.]
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1. To stretch; to extend; to distend. [Obs.]
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By this the lungs are intended or remitted. --Sir M.
Hale.
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2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.]
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When a bow is successively intended and remedied.
--Cudworth.
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3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Magnetism may be intended and remitted. --Sir I.
Newton.
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4. To apply with energy.
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Let him intend his mind, without respite, without
rest, in one direction. --Emerson.
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5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
[Archaic] --Shak.
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6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to
superintend; to regard. [Obs.]
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Having no children, she did, with singular care and
tenderness, intend the education of Philip. --Bacon.
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My soul, not being able to intend two things at
once, abated of its fervency in praying. --Fuller.
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7. To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be
intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; --
often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent
clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that
she shall remain.
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They intended evil against thee. --Ps. xxi. 11.
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To-morrow he intends
To hunt the boar with certain of his friends.
--Shak.
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8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to
mold. [Obs.]
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Modesty was made
When she was first intended. --Beau. & Fl.
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9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.]
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Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and
Claudio. --Shak.
Syn: To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate.
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Obtending
(gcide) | Obtend \Ob*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Obtending.] [L. obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place
before or against; ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch.]
1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.]
--Dryden
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Portending
(gcide) | Portend \Por*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell,
to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp.
+ tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend.]
1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to
foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of
unpropitious signs. --Bacon.
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Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
--Macaulay.
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2. To stretch out before. [R.] "Doomed to feel the great
Idomeneus' portended steel." --Pope.
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Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur;
presage; foreshadow; threaten.
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Pretending
(gcide) | Pretend \Pre*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pretended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pretending.] [OE. pretenden to lay claim to, F.
pr['e]tendre, L. praetendere, praetentum, to stretch forward,
pretend, simulate, assert; prae before + tendere to stretch.
See Tend, v. t. ]
1. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend.
--Dryden.
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2. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for
something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
[R.]
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Lest that too heavenly form, pretended
To hellish falsehood, snare them. --Milton.
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3. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or
offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to
show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to
simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
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This let him know,
Lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend
Surprisal. --Milton.
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4. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [Obs.]
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Such as shall pretend
Malicious practices against his state. --Shak.
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5. To hold before one; to extend. [Obs.] "His target always
over her pretended." --Spenser.
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Pretendingly
(gcide) | Pretendingly \Pre*tend"ing*ly\, adv.
As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously. --Collier.
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Protending
(gcide) | Protend \Pro*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Protending.] [L. protendere, protensum; pro before,
forth + tendere to stretch.]
To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.]
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With his protended lance he makes defence. --Dryden.
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Subtending
(gcide) | Subtend \Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Subtending.] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to
stretch, extend. See Tend.]
To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle
which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
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Superintending
(gcide) | Superintend \Su`per*in*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Superintended; p. pr. & vb. n. Superintending.] [L.
superintendere. See Super-, and Intend.]
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee
with the power of direction; to take care of with authority;
to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a
ship or the construction of a fort.
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The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the
works of this nature. --Bacon.
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Syn: Superintend, Supervise.
Usage: These words in general use are the synonymous. As
sometimes used, supervise implies the more general,
and superintend, the more particular and constant,
inspection or direction. Among architects there is a
disposition to use the word supervise in the sense of
a general oversight of the main points of construction
with reference to the design, etc., and to employ the
word superintend to signify a constant, careful
attention to all the details of construction. But this
technical distinction is not firmly established.
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Unattending
(gcide) | Unattending \Unattending\
See attending. |
Uncontending
(gcide) | Uncontending \Uncontending\
See contending. |
Unpretending
(gcide) | Unpretending \Unpretending\
See pretending. |
attending
(wn) | attending
n 1: the process whereby a person concentrates on some features
of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
[syn: attention, attending] [ant: inattention]
2: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) [syn:
attendance, attending] [ant: nonattendance] |
pretending
(wn) | pretending
n 1: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was
only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence,
pretending, simulation, feigning] |
tending
(wn) | tending
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he
is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am
not minded to answer any questions" [syn: apt(p),
disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)]
n 1: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone
or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car
needs constant attention" [syn: care, attention, aid,
tending] |
unpretending
(wn) | unpretending
adj 1: not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office";
"unostentatious elegance" [syn: unostentatious,
unpretentious, unpretending] [ant: ostentatious,
pretentious] |
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