Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. 
 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; 
 be inclined; 
- Example: "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"- Example: "These dresses run small"- Example: "He inclined to corpulence"[syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
be given
    v 1: 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, be given, lean, incline, run]