tender

Meanings

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment
• someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
• car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
• a boat for communication between ship and shore
• ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
• offer or present for acceptance
• propose a payment
• make a tender of; in legal settlements
• make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
  • "tenderize meat"
• given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
  • "a tender heart"
  • "a tender smile"
  • "tender loving care"
  • "tender memories"
  • "a tender mother"
• hurting
  • "the tender spot on his jaw"
• young and immature
  • "at a tender age"
• having or displaying warmth or affection
  • "a tender glance"
• easy to cut or chew
  • "tender beef"
• physically untoughened
  • "tender feet"
• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
• (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
  • "tender green shoots"

Synonyms

affectionate, attendant, attender, bid, crank, cranky, cutter, fond, legal tender, lovesome, offer, pinnace, raw, sensitive, ship's boat, sore, stamp, supply ship, tenderise, tenderize, tippy, untoughened, warm