tender
Meanings
Verb
1. to tend to, to have a tendency (intransitive)
2. to spread, to stretch out (transitive)
3. to lay (cable) (transitive)
4. to make (a bed) (transitive)
5. to hang up (clothes) (transitive)
6. to build (a bridge across an expanse) (transitive)
7. to extend (the hand) (transitive)
8. to floor (with a punch), to stretch out (transitive)
9. to cast (a net) (transitive)
10. to set (a trap) (transitive)
11. to coat (with plaster) (transitive)
12. to lay oneself down (reflexive)
Examples69
Tendámosle una mano a Tom.
Let's give Tom a big hand.
Tendió su mano hacia mí.
He held out his hand to me.
Él tiende a hacer muchas preguntas.
He tends to ask a lot of questions.
La población mundial tiende a aumentar.
The world's population tends to increase.
Él me tendió la mano.
He reached his hand out to me.
La gente joven tiende a pensar eso.
Young people tend to think so.