tender
Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another.
Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships.
Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water.
Something that can be used as an official medium of payment.
A boat for communication between ship and shore.
A formal proposal to buy at a specified price.
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail.
Easy to cut or chew.
“tender beef”
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality.
“a tender heart”
“a tender smile”
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition.
“tender green shoots”
Young and immature.
“at a tender age”
Physically untoughened.
“tender feet”
Hurting.
“the tender spot on his jaw”
Having or displaying warmth or affection.
“a tender glance”
Make a tender of; in legal settlements.
Offer or present for acceptance.
Propose a payment.
Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.
“tenderize meat”