have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined - She tends to be nervous before her lectures - These dresses run small - He inclined to corpulence • Syn: tend, lean, incline, run • Derivationally related forms: inclination (for: incline), tendency (for: tend) • Hypernyms: be • Hyponyms: take kindly to, suffer, gravitate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE