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Meaning of tender

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tender
      adj 1: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a
             tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care";
             "tender memories"; "a tender mother" [ant: {tough}]
      2: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: {sensitive},
         {sore}, {raw}, {tender}]
      3: young and immature; "at a tender age"
      4: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
         children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender
         glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: {affectionate}, {fond},
         {lovesome}, {tender}, {warm}]
      5: easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" [ant: {tough}]
      6: physically untoughened; "tender feet" [syn: {tender},
         {untoughened}] [ant: {tough}, {toughened}]
      7: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn:
         {crank}, {cranky}, {tender}, {tippy}]
      8: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing
         condition; "tender green shoots"
      n 1: something that can be used as an official medium of payment
           [syn: {tender}, {legal tender}, {stamp}]
      2: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of
         another [syn: {attendant}, {attender}, {tender}]
      3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: {bid},
         {tender}]
      4: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
      5: a boat for communication between ship and shore [syn:
         {tender}, {ship's boat}, {pinnace}, {cutter}]
      6: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships [syn:
         {tender}, {supply ship}]
      v 1: offer or present for acceptance
      2: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for
         the painting" [syn: {offer}, {bid}, {tender}]
      3: make a tender of; in legal settlements
      4: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or
         applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat" [syn: {tender},
         {tenderize}, {tenderise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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