tender¹ /tenˈdər/

1. Soft, delicate, fragile
2. Easily chewed, not tough
3. Easily impressed or injured
4. Not hardy
5. Gentle
6. Youthful, vulnerable
7. Sensitive, esp to pain or sorrow
8. Painful when touched or pressed
9. Requiring gentle or tactful handling
10. Easily moved to pity, love, etc
11. Careful not to hurt
12. Kind, sympathetic
13. Considerate, careful (with of; archaic)
14. Pathetic
15. Expressive of, of the nature of, or arousing the softer passions
16. Compassionate, loving, affectionate
17. (of porcelain) soft-paste
18. Scrupulous, chary
19. Beloved (Shakespeare)
20. (of a ship) apt to lean over under sail

1. To cherish
2. To value, have respect to
3. To make tender
4. To treat with tenderness (Shakespeare)
5. To feel tenderness for (Shakespeare)

1. Care, regard, concern (Shakespeare)
2. Tender feeling, fondness (now usu in Fr form tendre /tãdr’/)

tenˈderize or tenˈderise transitive verb

To break down the connective tissue of (meat) so as to make it tender, either by pounding or by applying a chemical or marinade

tenˈderizer or tenˈderiser noun

A pounding instrument or a substance that tenderizes meat

tenˈderling noun

1. A person coddled too much, an effeminate person
2. One of the first horns of a deer

tenˈderly adverb

tenˈderness noun

tenˈder-dying adjective (Shakespeare)

Dying young

tenˈderfoot noun (pl tenˈderfoots or tenˈderfeet) (orig and esp N American)

1. A person not yet hardened to life in the prairie, mining-camp, etc
2. A newcomer
3. A greenhorn, beginner
4. Formerly, a boy scout or girl guide who has passed only the first tests

tender-heartˈed adjective

Compassionate, easily touched or moved

tender-heartˈedly adverb

tender-heartˈedness noun

tender-heftˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Perh set in a tender bodily ‘haft’ or frame

tenˈderloin noun

1. The tenderest part of the loin of beef, pork, etc, close to the lumbar vertebrae
2. A district where bribes to the police and other forms of corruption are extremely common (N Am sl)

tenderstem broccoli noun

Broccolini

tender² /tenˈdər/

1. To offer for acceptance, esp to offer in payment
2. To proffer

To make a tender

1. An offer or proposal, esp one in writing offering to provide a particular service for a particular price
2. The paper containing it
3. The thing offered
4. A formal offer to save the consequences of non-payment or non-performance (law)
5. A formal offer of a sum of money to settle a court case (Scots law)

tenˈderer noun

tenˈdering noun

legal tender see under legal

put out to tender

To invite tenders for a particular job

tend¹ /tend/

1. To attend to, take care of
2. To mind
3. To watch over or stand by and perform services for or connected with
4. To minister to, wait upon
5. To escort (Shakespeare)

1. To pay attention (with to, esp US)
2. To wait on, attend to (with on, upon; old)
3. To attend, hearken (Shakespeare)
4. To be in waiting or readiness (Shakespeare)
5. To wait, attend (Shakespeare)

tenˈdance noun

1. Tending
2. Expectation (Spenser)
3. Attendants collectively (Shakespeare)

tenˈded adjective

tenˈder noun

1. A person who tends
2. A small craft that attends a larger
3. A carriage attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

tend out on (US)

To attend or attend to

• target acquisition
• target area
• target areas
• target cell
• target cells
• targeted
• targeteer
• targeteers
• targeting
• target language
• target languages
• target man
• target men
• target practice
• target practices
• targets
• targing
• Targum
• Targumic
• Targumical
• Targumist
• Targumistic
• Targums
• tar heel
• tar heels