tenderizev.
/ˈtɛndərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈtɛndəˌraɪz/ transitive. To make tender: = tender v.2 1 spec. (originally U.S.) to make (food, esp. meat) tender. Also absol.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > affect with pity [verb (transitive)]
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > tenderize
tenderize1934
1733 M. L. Killigrew in Jrnl. Royal Inst. Cornwall (1887) Dec. At his going away, his behaviour had tenderised me.
1772 Test Filial Duty II. 182 This pastoral life has tenderized you prodigiously.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tenderize, v.t.
1935 A. P. Herbert in Punch 8 May 548/1 He has seen some prunes commended as being ‘tenderized by a special process.’.. If enough prune-purveyors go on saying ‘tenderize’ it will be in the next edition of all the dictionaries!
1950 F. Swinnerton Flower for Catherine 57 Probably some tough old sheep, with lambs of her own, that I shall have to tenderize in the pressure cooker.
1960 Times 24 Sept. 6/6 The new method..ensures that tenderizing liquid gets into the innermost tissues.
1961 Harper's Bazaar June 84/2 Diced cubes [of avocado] which have been ‘tenderized’ and flavoured by the marinade.
1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 61/2 (advt.) Touchmatic Control Panel—enables you to slow cook, simmer, tenderize and blend flavours.
Derivatives
ˈtenderized adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > tenderized or tenderizing
tenderized1936
tenderizing1939
1936 Amer. Speech 11 374/2 Sunsweet Tenderized Prunes, refreshed and pasteurized.
1968 L. Durrell Tunc v. 235 She's as sweet as a tenderised steak.
ˈtenderizing n. and adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [noun] > tenderizing
tenderizing1939
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > tenderized or tenderizing
tenderized1936
tenderizing1939
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Mar. 3/1 A process of ‘tenderizing’ meat through the use of ultra violet rays.
1958 House & Garden Feb. 77/2 Wine has a slightly tenderizing effect, so when it is used the meat will cook a little more quickly.
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