Tender

Definition:

  • (n.) One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
  • (n.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.
  • (n.) A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.
  • (v. t.) To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.
  • (v. t.) To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
  • (n.) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.
  • (n.) Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.
  • (n.) The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.
  • (superl.) Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.
  • (superl.) Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
  • (superl.) Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
  • (superl.) Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
  • (superl.) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
  • (superl.) Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of.
  • (superl.) Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
  • (superl.) Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
  • (superl.) Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.
  • (superl.) Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.
  • (n.) Regard; care; kind concern.
  • (v. t.) To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.

Compare tender with other words:

merciful vs. tender

amiable vs. tender

tender vs. young

tender vs. thoughtful

proffer vs. tender

tender vs. trender

ender vs. tender

mender vs. tender

sender vs. tender

tended vs. tender

tender vs. tinder

tender vs. tenter

tedder vs. tender

bender vs. tender

tender vs. vender

fender vs. tender

gender vs. tender

silky vs. tender

tender vs. warmth

objective vs. tender

bidder vs. tender

grant vs. tender

currency vs. tender

similiter vs. tender

content vs. tender

submit vs. tender

passion vs. tender

quote vs. tender

rib vs. tender

furnish vs. tender

render vs. tender

smooth vs. tender

tender vs. tough

supple vs. tender

hardy vs. tender

petite vs. tender

slender vs. tender

limp vs. tender

bidding vs. tender

skiff vs. tender

tender vs. vulnerable

lender vs. tender

huggle vs. tender

drawbar vs. tender

piteous vs. tender

macedonian vs. tender

rough vs. tender

benign vs. tender

entender vs. tender

hotbed vs. tender

proposal vs. tender

sensitive vs. tender

tender vs. tid

bid vs. tender

nesh vs. tender

tend vs. tender

relent vs. tender

mellow vs. tender

duplicate vs. tender

hoy vs. tender

crispy vs. tender

mild vs. tender

effeminate vs. tender

affectionate vs. tender

check vs. tender

cheque vs. tender

auction vs. tender

payment vs. tender

give vs. tender

shore vs. tender

dinghy vs. tender

base vs. tender

mobile vs. tender

ship vs. tender

naval vs. tender

railroad vs. tender

concern vs. tender

kind vs. tender

care vs. tender

regard vs. tender

fondly vs. tender

feel vs. tender

tender vs. weaken

tender vs. tenderfoot

delicate vs. tender

tender vs. tenderly

tender vs. tenderness

sweet vs. tender

gentle vs. tender

loving vs. tender

raw vs. tender

offer vs. tender

mollify vs. tender

boat vs. tender

quotation vs. tender

lead vs. tender