tender | English to English Dictionary

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tender

('t/E/nd/@/r )

given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality(adj.all)

Example:
A tender heart.
A tender smile.
Tender loving care.
Tender memories.
A tender mother.

source: wordnet30
easy to cut or chew(adj.all)

Example:
Tender beef.

Synonym:
chewable, cuttable
Antonym:
tough

source: wordnet30
physically untoughened(adj.all)

Example:
Tender feet.

Synonym:
untoughened
Antonym:
tough, toughened

source: wordnet30
Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.(adjective)

source: webster1913

something that can be used as an official medium of payment(noun.possession)

Synonym:
legal tender, stamp

source: wordnet30
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another(noun.person)

Synonym:
attendant, attender

source: wordnet30
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price(noun.communication)

Synonym:
bid

source: wordnet30
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a boat for communication between ship and shore(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
supply ship

source: wordnet30
One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.(noun)

source: webster1913
An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.(noun)

source: webster1913
Regard; care; kind concern.(noun)

source: webster1913

offer or present for acceptance(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
propose a payment(verb.possession)

Synonym:
bid, offer

source: wordnet30
make a tender of; in legal settlements(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer(verb.change)

Example:
Tenderize meat.

Synonym:
tenderise, tenderize

source: wordnet30
To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.(verb)

source: webster1913
To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.(verb)

source: webster1913