Tender Meaning

There are 18 meaning(s) for word Tender

Meaning 1 : someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

    Synonyms : attendant,  attender
Meaning 2 : something that can be used as an official medium of payment

    Synonyms : legal tender,  stamp
Meaning 3 : a boat for communication between ship and shore

    Synonyms : cutter,  pinnace,  ship's boat
Meaning 4 : physically untoughened

    Example : tender feet

    Synonyms : untoughened
Meaning 5 : propose a payment

    Synonyms : bid,  offer
Meaning 6 : hurting

    Example : the tender spot on his jaw

    Synonyms : raw,  sensitive,  sore
Meaning 7 : a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

    Synonyms : bid
Meaning 8 : make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

    Example : tenderize meat

    Synonyms : tenderise,  tenderize
Meaning 9 : having or displaying warmth or affection

    Example : a tender glance

    Synonyms : affectionate,  fond,  lovesome
Meaning 10 : (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

    Synonyms : crank,  cranky,  tippy
Meaning 11 : ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

    Synonyms : supply ship
Meaning 12 : car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

Meaning 13 : easy to cut or chew

    Example : tender beef

Meaning 14 : given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

    Example : a tender heart,a tender smile,tender loving care,tender memories,a tender mother

Meaning 15 : make a tender of; in legal settlements

Meaning 16 : offer or present for acceptance

Meaning 17 : (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

    Example : tender green shoots

Meaning 18 : young and immature

    Example : at a tender age

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