tender

Значение

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

Adv

tenderly

Verb

1. To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
2. 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.

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. To offer, to give.
2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

Пишется через дефис как

ten‧der

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/

Этимология

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

Предложения

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

В Британии он цветет менее обильно и даже имеет репутацию нежного.