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1. Hurting
   "the tender spot on his jaw";
   - sensitive, sore, raw
    
2. Young and immature
   "at a tender age"
    
3. Having or displaying warmth or affection
   "a tender glance";
   - affectionate, fond, lovesome
    
4. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
   - crank, cranky [informal], tippy
    
5. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
   "tender green shoots"
    
6. Given to sympathy, gentleness or sentimentality
   "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
    
7. Easy to cut or chew
   "tender beef"
    
8. Not physically toughened
   "tender feet";
   - untoughened

1. Something that can be used as an official medium of payment
   - legal tender, stamp
    
2. Someone who waits on or attends to the needs of another
   - attendant, attender
    
3. A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
   - bid
    
4. Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
    
5. A boat for communication between ship and shore
   - ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
    
6. Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
   - supply ship

1. Offer or present for acceptance
    
2. (auction) propose an amount you are prepared to pay for something
   "The Swiss dealer tendered $2 million for the painting";
   - offer, bid
    
3. Make a tender of; in legal settlements
    
4. Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
   "tender meat";
   - tenderize, tenderise [Brit]

Derived forms: tendered, tenderer, tenderest, tendering, tenders

See also: chewable, comestible, crisp, crispy, crunchy, cuttable, delicate, eatable, edible, flakey, flaky, immature, lovey-dovey [informal], loving, painful, protective, sentimental, soft, tenderised [Brit], tenderized, unstable, weak, young

Type of: aid, alter, assistant, boat, bogie [Asia], car, change, gift, give, help, helper, medium of exchange, modify, monetary system, offer, offering, present, proffer, railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn], ship, supporter

Antonym: tough

Encyclopedia: Tender