[
US
/ˈtɛndɝ/
]
[ UK /tˈɛndɐ/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛndɐ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
physically untoughened
tender feet -
young and immature
at a tender age -
hurting
the tender spot on his jaw -
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
a tender smile
tender memories
a tender heart
a tender mother
tender loving care -
easy to cut or chew
tender beef -
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
tender green shoots -
having or displaying warmth or affection
affectionate children
a tender glance
a fond embrace
fond of his nephew - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
VERB
- offer or present for acceptance
-
make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
tenderize meat -
propose a payment
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting - make a tender of; in legal settlements
NOUN
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
How To Use tender In A Sentence
- Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
- Bake at 350 until barley is tender and has absorbed liquid, about 1 - 1 1/2 hour. Archive 2006-11-01
- The radiant beauty of the score, and the warm tenderness at the heart of it, are very moving.
- It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance.
- Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
- I still see Mr. Berman's portable shtender in the shul and I have to smile because I immediately see his warm gentle smile and think about how fortunate I was to have met your father.
- It was a smile Elizabeth had never seen on her husband's face before; one so full of love and tenderness that her heart melted.
- I felt something akin to the tender hatred one can sense when staring hard at a photograph of oneself.
- We are the tender love in the world.
- That will help you because then you will be able to include it in tenders for work and so on. Times, Sunday Times
