-
1 tend
I 1. III1) tend smb. tend the sick (the wounded, a child, an invalid, etc.) ухаживать /присматривать, ходить/ за больными и т.д.; she tended the baby она нянчила ребенка2) tend smth., smb. tend a /the/ fire поддерживать огонь; we hired a boy to tend the furnace мы наняли мальчика следить за топкой; tend a machine обслуживать машину; tend [а flock of] sheep пасти [стадо] овец3) tend smth. usually USA tend shop (store) вести дела в лавке (магазине)2. XVItend to smth. stop talking and tend to your work перестаньте болтать и займитесь своим деломII 1. Iwhere do these plans tend? на что направлены эти планы?2. II1) prices are tending upwards цены ползут вверх2) the road tends downwards (south) дорога идет вниз (ведет на юг)3. III|| it tends this way тенденция здесь такова4. XIIItend to do smth. tend to overturn (to shrink, to undermine morality, to improve working conditions, to settle nothing, to unite, to pitch the ball too high, to accept the truth eagerly, etc.) иметь тенденцию переворачиваться и т.д.; the situation tends to become less acute положение [дел], видимо, станет менее напряженным; а starchy diet tends to make one fat пища, содержащая крахмал, способствует полноте; the sky tended to become darker небо становилось все темнее; he tends to be lazy (to be cruel, to be sad, to become tedious, etc.) он склонен к лени и т.д.; too much smoking tends to injure the voice злоупотребление курением может плохо отразиться на голосе; she tends to exaggerate her achievements она склонна преувеличивать свои достижения /успехи/5. XVI1) tend to /toward/ smth. tend to the same conclusion (towards centralization, towards selfishness, towards socialism, towards conservatism, etc.) склоняться к тому же выводу и т.д.; he tends to cruelty он склонен /имеет склонность/ к жестокости; tend to the success of an enterprise (to improved working conditions, to smb.'s benefit, to smb.'s vindication, etc.) приводить к /способствовать/ успеху предприятия и т.д.; it tends rather to confusion than to clearness это ведет скорее к путанице, чем к ясности; blue tending to green голубизна, переходящая в зеленый цвет; these portraits tend toward caricature эти портреты похожи на карикатуру2) tend to /towards/ smth. tend to the beach (towards the coast, etc.) идти /вести/ к пляжу и т.д.; the coastline tends to the south here береговая линия здесь идет /направляется/ на юг; tend in some direction tend in our direction направляться к нам, идти в нашем направлении; tend in the direction of the town идти /вести/ к городу
См. также в других словарях:
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… … Universalium
Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… … Universalium
Socialized medicine — is a term used to describe a system for providing medical and hospital care for all at a nominal cost by means of government regulation of health services and subsidies derived from taxation.[1] It is used primarily and usually pejoratively in… … Wikipedia