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▸ adjective: Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
▸ adjective: Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
▸ adjective: (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
▸ adjective: Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
▸ adjective: Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
▸ adjective: Young and inexperienced.
▸ adjective: Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
▸ adjective: Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
▸ adjective: (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
▸ noun: The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
▸ adverb: tenderly
▸ verb: (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
▸ verb: (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
▸ noun: (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
▸ noun: (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
▸ noun: (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
▸ noun: (diving) 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: Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
▸ noun: A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
▸ noun: (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
▸ noun: Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
▸ verb: (formal) To offer, to give.
▸ verb: To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
▸ noun: Short for water tender (“firefighting apparatus”). [A specialized firefighting apparatus designed for transporting water from a water source, such as a lake or hydrant, to a fire scene.]
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tenderized,
caring,
affectionate,
fond,
delicate,
lovesome,
sentimental,
vulnerable,
loving,
immature,
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