tender
adjective
1. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- a tender heart
- a tender smile
- tender loving care
Similar word(s): soft, protective, sentimental
2. hurting
- the tender spot on his jaw
Similar word(s): painful, raw, sensitive, sore
3. young and immature
- at a tender age
Similar word(s): immature, young
4. having or displaying warmth or affection
- a tender glance
Similar word(s): loving, affectionate, fond, lovesome
5. easy to cut or chew
- tender beef
Similar word(s): comestible, eatable, edible, chewable, cuttable, crisp, crispy, flakey, flaky, tenderised, tenderized
6. physically untoughened
- tender feet
Similar word(s): weak, delicate, soft, untoughened
7. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Similar word(s): unstable, crank, cranky, tippy
8. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- tender green shoots
Similar word(s): delicate
Sentences with tender as an adjective:
- tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit
- Suzanne was such a tender and sweet mother to her children.
- tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
- a tender subject
noun
1. something that can be used as an official medium of payment
Similar word(s): stamp
Definition categories: possession
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
Similar word(s): attendant, attender
Definition categories: person, assistant, help, helper, supporter
3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
Similar word(s): bid
Definition categories: communication, offer, offering
4. car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
Definition categories: man–made, car, railcar
5. a boat for communication between ship and shore
Similar word(s): cutter, pinnace
Definition categories: man–made, boat
6. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
Definition categories: man–made, ship
Sentences with tender as a noun:
- submarine tender
- destroyer tender
- Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.
- We will submit our tender to you within the week.
verb
1. offer or present for acceptance
Definition categories: possession, gift, give, present
2. propose a payment
Definition categories: possession
3. make a tender of; in legal settlements
Definition categories: possession, offer, proffer
4. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
- tenderize meat
Similar word(s): tenderise, tenderize
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
Sentences with tender as a verb:
- to tender one’s resignation
- In business law, a tender offer is an invitation to shareholders of a corporation to tender, or exchange, their shares in return for a monetary buy-out.