Tender
WordNet
adjective
(1) (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
"Tender green shoots"
(2) Having or displaying warmth or affection
"Affectionate children"
"Caring parents"
"A fond embrace"
"Fond of his nephew"
"A tender glance"
"A warm embrace"
(3) Young and immature
"At a tender age"
(4) Hurting
"The tender spot on his jaw"
(5) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
(6) Easy to cut or chew
"Tender beef"
(7) Physically untoughened
"Tender feet"
(8) Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
"A tender heart"
"A tender smile"
"Tender loving care"
"Tender memories"
"A tender mother"
noun
(9) Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
(10) A boat for communication between ship and shore
(11) Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
(12) A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
(13) Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
(14) Something used as an official medium of payment
verb
(15) Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
"Tenderize meat"
(16) Make a tender of; in legal settlements
(17) Offer or present for acceptance
(18) Propose a payment
"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
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Etymology 1
From , from .
Adjective
- Sensitive or painful to be touched.
- Be careful, that area is tender. - Mike Myers as the voice of the title character in the movie Shrek.
- Soft and easily chewed.
- Fond, loving, gentle, sweet
- Suzanne was such a tender and sweet mother to her children.
Verb
- To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 233:
- to such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, [...] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 233:
- To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
Noun
- Someone who tends or waits on someone.
- A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel.
- A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- submarine tender
- destroyer tender
- A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore.
Verb
- To offer, to give.
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- tender one’s resignation
- 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
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- To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
Noun
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Your credit card has been declined. You need to provide some other tender such as cash.
- A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- We will submit our tender to you within the week.
Noun
- tender (a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)