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

adjective (a)

  • 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

noun (n)

  • 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

adjective satellite (s)

  • hurting(adj.all)
    Example:
    The tender spot on his jaw.
    Synonym:
    raw, sensitive, sore
    source: wordnet30
  • young and immature(adj.all)
    Example:
    At a tender age.
    source: wordnet30
  • having or displaying warmth or affection(adj.all)
    Example:
    A tender glance.
    Synonym:
    affectionate, fond, lovesome, warm
    source: wordnet30
  • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    crank, cranky, tippy
    source: wordnet30
  • (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition(adj.all)
    Example:
    Tender green shoots.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • 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
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