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ten·der 1       (těn'dər)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   ten·der·er, ten·der·est
    1. Easily crushed or bruised; fragile: a tender petal.
    2. Easily chewed or cut: tender beef.
    3. Easily hurt; sensitive: tender skin.
    4. Painful; sore: a tender tooth.
    5. Considerate and protective; solicitous: a tender mother; his tender concern.
    6. Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving: a tender glance; a tender ballad.
    7. Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft: a tender heart.
  2. Young and vulnerable: of tender age.
  3. Frail; delicate.
  4. Sensitive to frost or severe cold; not hardy: tender green shoots.
    1. Easily hurt; sensitive: tender skin.
    2. Painful; sore: a tender tooth.
    3. Considerate and protective; solicitous: a tender mother; his tender concern.
    4. Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving: a tender glance; a tender ballad.
    5. Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft: a tender heart.
    1. Considerate and protective; solicitous: a tender mother; his tender concern.
    2. Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving: a tender glance; a tender ballad.
    3. Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft: a tender heart.
  7. Nautical Likely to heel easily under sail; crank.

tr.v.   ten·dered, ten·der·ing, ten·ders
  1. To make tender.
  2. Archaic To treat with tender regard.


[Middle English, from Old French tendre, from Latin tener; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

ten'der·ly adv., ten'der·ness n.
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ten·der 2       (těn'dər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A formal offer, as:
    1. Law An offer of money or service in payment of an obligation.
    2. A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.
  2. Something, especially money, offered in payment.

tr.v.   ten·dered, ten·der·ing, ten·ders
To offer formally: tender a letter of resignation. See Synonyms at offer.


[From French tendre, to offer, from Old French, from Latin tendere, to hold forth, extend; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

ten'der·er n.
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