tend something—give care and attention to smth., especially smth. that needs constant supervision:
- He faithfully tended his garden all summer long.
tend to something—
1. (also: attend to something ) take care of smth.; deal with smth.:
- “I thought I heard you talking,” she said as she tended to the fire.
2. be generally inclined to smth. or likely to behave in a particular way:
- He was a born agitator, and as such tended to exaggeration.