tender

Meaning

Adj

1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
4. Soft and easily chewed.
5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
6. Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
7. Young and inexperienced.
8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
10. Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
11. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
12. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Care, kind concern, regard.
2. (countable, uncountable) The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Adv

tenderly

Verb

1. (archaic) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
2. (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
2. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
3. A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
4. A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
5. A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).

Verb

To work on a tender.

Noun

1. Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
2. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
3. A formal offer to buy or sell something.
4. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

Verb

1. (formal) To offer, to give.
2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions; to bid.

Synonyms

soft

gentle

delicate

offer

bid

affectionate

young

kind

loving

mild

fond

smooth

sweet

sensitive

compassionate

unripe

sore

green

immature

weak

tame

raw

present

fine

polite

docile

limp

tenderize

short

fresh

friendly

affable

pleasant

merciful

fragile

kindly

submit

dainty

ship’s boat

propose

cordial

frail

render

attender

presentation

proposal

nice

meek

attendant

light

Translations

tendre

tierno

tenero

zart

zacht

offre

offrir

tendre

mou

weich

tenro

doux

blando

Angebot

ofrecer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tender

Inherited from Middle English: tendren

In summary

From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).

Sentences

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .