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tender

English

🔊 (of plants) not hardy
“tender green shoots”
🔊 young and immature
“at a tender age”
🔊 easy to cut or chew
“tender beef”
🔊 physically untoughened
“tender feet”
🔊 given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
“a tender heart”
🔊 (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
🔊 having or displaying warmth or affection
“affectionate children”
🔊 hurting
“the tender spot on his jaw”
🔊 ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
🔊 a boat for communication between ship and shore
🔊 car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
🔊 something that can be used as an official medium of payment
🔊 a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
🔊 someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
🔊 make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
“tenderize meat”
🔊 make a tender of
🔊 offer or present for acceptance
🔊 propose a payment
“The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting”