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Meaning of tender
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tender
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}]
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