Noun
1. something used as an official medium of payment
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
4. car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5. a boat for communication between ship and shore
6. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
Verb
1. offer or present for acceptance
2. propose a payment;
"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"3. make a tender of; in legal settlements
4. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer;
"tenderize meat"Adjective
1. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality;
"a tender heart""a tender smile""tender loving care""tender memories""a tender mother"2. hurting;
"the tender spot on his jaw"3. susceptible to physical or emotional injury;
"at a tender age"4. having or displaying warmth or affection;
"affectionate children""caring parents""a fond embrace""fond of his nephew""a tender glance""a warm embrace"5. easy to cut or chew;
"tender beef"6. physically untoughened;
"tender feet"7. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
8. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition;
"tender green shoots"