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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

'tend to one's knitting en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of stick to one's knitting.
    • “Better go home and ’tend to your knitting, you men,” said one, urging his horse forward […] 1929, Reginald Charles Barker, The Hair-Trigger Brand, page 66:
    • Say! if you want to be happy, loved and admired by all, keep your place—’tend to your knitting—mind your own business, and mind it well. 1915, The Spectator: An American Weekly Review of Insurance, volume 94:
    • “You want me to forget all those things, go home, and ’tend to my knitting. Is that it, Perdue?” 1938, Hugh Pentecost [Judson Philips], The Death Syndicate, page 166:

Forms

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'tending to one's knitting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
'tends to one's knitting Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
'tended to one's knitting Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
'tended to one's knitting Tense=Past lexicographic