Tender

Adjective

 * 1) Sensitive or painful to be touched.
 * 2) * 1597, William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, 3,2:
 * poore Lord, is't I That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe Thoſe tender limbes of thine
 * 1) * 2006, Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character in the movie), Shrek.
 * Be careful, that area is tender .
 * 1)  Soft and easily chewed.
 * 2) * 2001, Joey Pantolino (character in the movie), The Matrix.
 * The matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.
 * 1) Fond, loving, gentle, sweet
 * Suzanne was such a tender and sweet mother to her children.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

 * tenderise, tenderize
 * tenderly
 * tenderness
 * tender loving care, TLC
 * tenderfoot

Verb

 * 1)  To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 233:
 * To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, [...] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths [...].
 * 1) * ca. 1947, Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:
 * Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. [...] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.
 * 1) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
 * 2) * 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 3,1 (First Folio edition):
 * And ſo good Capulet, which name I tender As dearely as my owne, be ſatisfied.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone who tends or waits on someone.
 * 2) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel.
 * 3)  A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
 * submarine tender
 * destroyer tender
 * 1)  A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore.

Verb

 * 1)  To offer, to give.
 * tender one’s resignation
 * 1) * 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
 * I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
 * 1) To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
 * 2) * 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.

Synonyms

 * offer

Derived terms

 * tenderable

Noun

 * 1) A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
 * Your credit card has been declined. You need to provide some other tender such as cash.
 * 1)  A formal offer to buy or sell something.
 * We will submit our tender to you within the week.

Adverbs for Tender
affectionately; maternally; infinitely; mercifully; passionately; amorously; impulsively; impetuously; eagerly; amiably; gently; curiously; naturally; oddly; unexpectedly; lovingly; caressingly.

Thesaurus
Christian, Christlike, Christly, Ganymede, Hebe, Pullman, Pullman car, accepting, accord, aching, administer, adoring, advance, affectionate, afford, agonizing, ailing, airline hostess, airline stewardess, algetic, allergic, allot, allow, amatory, amorous, anaphylactic, angry, attendant, attentive, award, baggage car, batman, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, benevolent, benign, benignant, bestow, bestow on, bid, bills, bleeding, boat, bold, bootblack, boots, boxcar, brotherly, budding, burning, cabin boy, caboose, caddie, callow, car, careful, caring, carriage, cash, cautious, chafed, chair car, charitable, chewable, chore boy, circumspect, clement, coach, coal car, commiserative, communicate, compassionate, compensate, compensation, complaisant, condolent, confer, conjugal, considerate, copyboy, covered waggon, creamy, cupbearer, curious, currency, dainty, dangerous, day coach, deal, deal out, decent, delicate, demonstrative, devoted, dewy, difficult, diner, dinghy, dining car, dish out, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, drawing room, easy, easygoing, eatable, edible, eggshell, emotionable, emotional, empathetic, empathic, errand boy, errand girl, extend, faithful, fee, feeble, feeling, festering, fiery, filial, fit for sea, flat, flatcar, fond, footboy, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, fork out, fragile, frail, fraternal, galled, gentle, gift, gift with, gig, give, give freely, give out, gloss, gofer, gondola, good, good-natured, goosy, gracious, grant, green, growing, guerdon, hand out, heap, heartfelt, heedful, help to, hold forth, hold out, hostess, human, humane, hurting, husbandly, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, immature, impart, impassioned, impressionable, impubic, indemnify, inexperienced, infirm, inflamed, ingenuous, innocent, intact, iridescent, irritable, irritated, issue, itchy, juicy, juvenile, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, languishing, launch, lavish, lax, lenient, let have, light, local, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, luggage van, mail car, mail van, maternal, maudlin, mawkish, mellow, mellowy, melting, merciful, mete, mete out, mild, mindful, minor, moderate, mollified, money, mother-of-pearl, moving, nacreous, naive, nervous, new, new-fledged, nice, nonresistive, nonrigid, offer, office boy, office girl, opalescent, orderly, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, page, painful, palace car, pale, parental, parlor car, passenger car, passible, passionate, pastel, paternal, patient, patinaed, pay, pay by installments, pay on, payment, pearly, pitying, poignant, pose, pour, prefer, prepay, present, presentation, prickly, proffer, proposal, propose, proposition, provocative, purpose, put forward, put up, quiet, railway car, rain, rankling, raw, receptive, recompense, red, reefer, refined, refrigerator car, regardful, remit, remunerate, render, responsive, reward, ripening, romantic, roomette, ruthful, sad, salary, sappy, satisfy, sea-kindly, seaworthy, semigloss, sensible, sensitive, sentimental, serve, set before, shaky, shell out, shower, sickly, simple, skiff, skittish, sleeper, slip, smarting, smoker, smoking car, snow, snug, sober, soft, soft as putty, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, softhearted, solicitous, somber, soothing, sore, soul-stirring, specie, squire, steward, stewardess, stiff, stirring, stockcar, subdued, submit, subtle, suggest, supersensitive, susceptible, sweet, sympathetic, sympathizing, tactful, tank, tenderhearted, tetchy, thin-skinned, thoughtful, ticklish, tingling, tolerant, touching, touchy, trainbearer, tricky, troublesome, truck, unadult, underage, understanding, undeveloped, unfledged, unformed, uninitiated, unlicked, unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, unsound, unstable, untrained, unwell, usher, uxorious, van, vehicle, vernal, virginal, vouchsafe, vulnerable, waggon, wagon, warm, warm-hearted, warmhearted, waterproof, watertight, weak, weatherly, whisper-soft, wifely, yeoman, yield, yielding, young, youthful

Etymology 1
From tendre:, from  tener:.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 3
From tendre:.

Adjective

 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: tendre
 * German: zart
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:


 * Luxembourgish: zaart
 * Portuguese: terno
 * Russian:, чувствительный, уязвимый
 * Spanish:, dolorido
 * Swedish:


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: tendre
 * German: zart
 * Japanese:


 * Luxembourgish: zaart
 * Polish: delikatny
 * Portuguese: macio
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: zart
 * Irish:
 * Japanese:


 * Latin:
 * Luxembourgish: zaart
 * Portuguese: terno
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * : 嫩的 (nènde)
 * : empfindlich (1), weich (2)
 * : tenera
 * : tenero, tenera
 * : tenero, tenera


 * : 연한 (yeonhan)
 * : bog, caomh, maoth, sèamh, tlàth
 * : లేత (laeta)(2)

Noun

 * Dutch: tender
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 炭水車


 * Polish:
 * Russian: тендер
 * Spanish: vagón nodriza


 * Danish: forsyningsskib
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: плавучая база


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:

Noun

 * : betalingsmiddel
 * Dutch: betalingsmiddel
 * Finnish:


 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: środek płatniczy


 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: appel d’offre


 * Italian: gara d’appalto, offerta
 * Polish: przetargowy
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,

Anagrams

 * enter'd, entred, rented

Verb
tender



Noun

 * 1) tender (a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)

Verb

 * 1)  to spread, to stretch out
 * 2)  to lay (cable)
 * 3)  to make (a bed)
 * 4)  to hang up (clothes)
 * 5)  to build (a bridge across an expanse)
 * 6)  to extend (the hand)
 * 7)  to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
 * 8)  to cast (a net)
 * 9)  to set (a trap)
 * 10)  to coat (with plaster)
 * 11)  to tend to, to have a tendency
 * 12)  to lay oneself down

Etymology
tendere:, present active infinitive of tendo:.

Related terms

 * tenderse
 * tendedero
 * tendedor