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tend
Verb
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If something tends to be true, it is often or usually true.
The streets are very confusing in Tokyo and people tend to get lost.
A clearly typed paper does tend to get a better mark.
If we can't understand something, we tend to ignore it.
Of course, millions of dollars in targeted advertising does tend to increase sales.
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If you tend something, you watch and take care of it.
The children often help with chores, including cutting the grass and tending the garden.
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If mathx/math tends towards mathy/math, mathx/math is usually mathy/math.
My artwork tends towards the modern.
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If you tend bar, you work at a bar selling drinks.
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If something tends in a particular direction, you generally moves in that direction.
The price of gold has tended upward for about three years.
heavily
Adverb
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Heavily is a quality of heavy, a great weight, load, effort, or to a large amount.
He dragged himself heavily out of the water and onto the boat.
He drank heavily, which caused him many health problems.
In his plays, he borrowed heavily from Shakespeare.
When she heard the bad news, she sank heavily into the chair.
toward
Preposition
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Facing or moving in the direction of something.
We were walking toward the shop when she began feeling sick.
Looking toward the east, we could see the city.
I was walking toward my car when I fell.
I've always had strong feelings toward her.
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If you put money towards something, the money is to help pay for it.
He's been saving money toward a new computer for school.
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close to
Toward the end, we were getting very tired.