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tender

adjective
  1. (of plants) not hardy
  2. having or displaying warmth or affection
    warm
  3. young and immature
    “at a tender age”
  4. mildly painful
    “After getting my flu shot, I had a tender spot on my arm.”
    sore
  5. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
    crankycranktippy
  6. easy to cut or chew
    “tender beef”
    chewablecuttable
  7. physically untoughened
    “tender feet”
    untoughened
  8. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
    “a tender heart”
noun
  1. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
    supply ship
  2. a boat for communication between ship and shore
    cuttership's boatpinnace
  3. car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
  4. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
    bid
  5. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
    attendant
  6. something that can be used as an official medium of payment
    stamplegal tender
verb
  1. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
    “tenderize meat”
    tenderizetenderise
  2. make a tender of
  3. offer or present for acceptance
  4. propose a payment
    bid