Definitions of intend

1. To purpose; design; have an intention; mean.

2. To stretch' to extend; to distend.

3. To strain; to make tense.

4. To apply with energy.

5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.

6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.

7. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.

8. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.

9. To fix the mind upon ( something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; - often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain.

10. To purpose; as, we intend to win the war; mean.

11. To fix the mind upon: to design: to purpose.

12. To have a design: to purpose.

13. mean or intend to express or convey; " You never understand what I mean!"; " what do his words intend?"

14. denote or connote; "` maison' means ` house' in French"; " An example sentence would show what this word means"