tender

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/
/ˈtɛn.də/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

Care, kind concern, regard.

2 Definition

The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

3 Definition

Someone who tends or waits on someone.

4 Definition

A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

5 Definition

A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

Example Sentences
  • destroyer tender
6 Definition

A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.

7 Definition

Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.

Example Sentences
  • You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!
8 Definition

A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

Example Sentences
  • Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.
9 Definition

A formal offer to buy or sell something.

Example Sentences
  • We will submit our tender to you within the week.
10 Definition

Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make tender or delicate; to weaken.

2 Definition

To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.

3 Definition

To work on a tender.

4 Definition

To offer, to give.

Example Sentences
  • to tender one’s resignation
5 Definition

To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

Adjective
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

2 Definition

Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

Example Sentences
  • tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit
3 Definition

Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

4 Definition

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

5 Definition

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

6 Definition

Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.

Example Sentences
  • Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.
7 Definition

Young and inexperienced.

8 Definition

Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.

Example Sentences
  • tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
9 Definition

Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.

Example Sentences
  • a tender subject
10 Definition

Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.

11 Definition

Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

12 Definition

Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.

Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Tenderly