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Adjective: tender (tenderer,tenderest) tendu(r)- Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
"a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother" - Hurting
"the tender spot on his jaw"
- sensitive, sore, raw - Young and immature
"at a tender age" - Having or displaying warmth or affection
"a tender glance"
- affectionate, fond, lovesome, warm - Easy to cut or chew
"tender beef" - Physically untoughened
"tender feet"
- untoughened - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- crank, cranky, tippy - (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
"tender green shoots"
Verb: tender tendu(r)- Offer or present for acceptance
- Propose a payment
- offer, bid - Make a tender of; in legal settlements
- Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
- tenderize, tenderise [Brit]
Noun: tender tendu(r)- Something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- legal tender, stamp - Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- attendant, attender - A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- bid - Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- A boat for communication between ship and shore
- ship's boat, pinnace, cutter - Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- supply ship
Derived forms: tenders, tendered, tenderer, tenderest, tendering See also: chewable, comestible, crisp, crispy, crunchy, cuttable, delicate, eatable, edible, flakey, flaky, immature, loving, painful, protective, sentimental, soft, tend, tenderised [Brit], tenderized, tenderly, tenderness, unstable, weak, young Type of: alter, assistant, boat, bogie [Asia], car, change, gift, give, help, helper, medium of exchange, modify, monetary system, offer, offering, present, proffer, railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn], ship, supporter Antonym: tough Encyclopedia: Tender |