Definition of 'tender'

Noun

1. something used as an official medium of payment
      Synonyms: legal tender
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
      Synonyms: attendant attender
3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
      Synonyms: bid
4. car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5. a boat for communication between ship and shore
      Synonyms: ship's boat pinnace cutter
6. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
      Synonyms: supply ship

Verb

1. offer or present for acceptance
2. propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
      Synonyms: offer bid
3. make a tender of; in legal settlements
4. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"
      Synonyms: tenderize tenderise

Adjective

1. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
      Antonyms: tough
2. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
      Synonyms: sensitive sore raw
3. young and immature; "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"
      Synonyms: affectionate caring fond lovesome warm
5. easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
      Antonyms: tough
6. physically untoughened; "tender feet"
      Synonyms: untoughened
      Antonyms: tough toughened
7. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
      Synonyms: crank cranky tippy
8. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"

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