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Quick definitions from WordNet (tender)
▸ noun: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
▸ noun: a boat for communication between ship and shore
▸ noun: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
▸ noun: something used as an official medium of payment
▸ noun: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
▸ noun: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
▸ verb: make a tender of; in legal settlements
▸ verb: offer or present for acceptance
▸ verb: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer ("Tenderize meat")
▸ verb: propose a payment
▸ adjective: susceptible to physical or emotional injury ("At a tender age")
▸ adjective: easy to cut or chew ("Tender beef")
▸ adjective: physically untoughened ("Tender feet")
▸ adjective: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality ("A tender heart")
▸ adjective: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition ("Tender green shoots")
▸ adjective: hurting ("The tender spot on his jaw")
▸ adjective: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
▸ adjective: having or displaying warmth or affection ("A tender glance")
▸ Also see tenders
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tender
▸ Usage examples for tender
▸ Idioms related to tender (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing tender
▸ Popular nouns described by tender
▸ Words that often appear near tender
▸ Rhymes of tender
▸ Invented words related to tender
▸ noun: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
▸ noun: a boat for communication between ship and shore
▸ noun: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
▸ noun: something used as an official medium of payment
▸ noun: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
▸ noun: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
▸ verb: make a tender of; in legal settlements
▸ verb: offer or present for acceptance
▸ verb: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer ("Tenderize meat")
▸ verb: propose a payment
▸ adjective: susceptible to physical or emotional injury ("At a tender age")
▸ adjective: easy to cut or chew ("Tender beef")
▸ adjective: physically untoughened ("Tender feet")
▸ adjective: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality ("A tender heart")
▸ adjective: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition ("Tender green shoots")
▸ adjective: hurting ("The tender spot on his jaw")
▸ adjective: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
▸ adjective: having or displaying warmth or affection ("A tender glance")
▸ Also see tenders
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tender
▸ Usage examples for tender
▸ Idioms related to tender (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing tender
▸ Popular nouns described by tender
▸ Words that often appear near tender
▸ Rhymes of tender
▸ Invented words related to tender