Tender - Definition

adj 1: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a
tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care";
"tender memories"; "a tender mother" [ant: tough]
2: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
3: young and immature; "at a tender age"
4: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender
glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, fond,
lovesome, tender, warm]
5: easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" [ant: tough]
6: physically untoughened; "tender feet" [syn: tender,
untoughened] [ant: tough, toughened]
7: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn:
crank, cranky, tender, tippy]
8: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing
condition; "tender green shoots"
n 1: something that can be used as an official medium of payment
[syn: tender, legal tender, stamp]
2: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of
another [syn: attendant, attender, tender]
3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid,
tender]
4: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5: a boat for communication between ship and shore [syn:
tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter]
6: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships [syn:
tender, supply ship]
v 1: offer or present for acceptance
2: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for
the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender]
3: make a tender of; in legal settlements
4: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or
applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat" [syn: tender,
tenderize, tenderise]