Parent and Tend

Parent

Parent verb - Bring up.

Tend and parent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Parent".

Nearby Words: parentage, parenting, parenthood, parental, parentally

Tend

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

Parent and tend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Parent" instead a verb "Tend".

Common collocations

kids parent kids tend kids

Both words in one sentence

  • They take a surname from each parent and tend to have names like 'Mari Carmen' (Mary Carmen) and 'Jose Luis' (Joseph Lewis), so they have up to four given names.
  • Exceptions tend to be the times one parent of one Ranger is a main character — and when this happens, count on the other parent to be curiously absent and never referred to.
  • They tend to lag behind the parent game by several months in general simply because of translation needs.
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