French Meaning of tender
tendre
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Definitions and Meaning of tender in English
tender (n)
something that can be used as an official medium of payment
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
a boat for communication between ship and shore
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
tender (v)
offer or present for acceptance
propose a payment
make a tender of; in legal settlements
make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
tender (a)
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
easy to cut or chew
physically untoughened
tender (s)
hurting
young and immature
having or displaying warmth or affection
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
tender (n.)
One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.
A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.
An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.
The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.
Regard; care; kind concern.
tender (v. t.)
To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.
To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.
tender (superl.)
Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of.
Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.
Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.
FAQs About the word tender
tendre
something that can be used as an official medium of payment, someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another, a formal proposal to buy at a
délicat,fragile,frêle,sensible,fragile,doux,vulnérable,Faible,fragile,Fragile
durable,ferme,dur,rustique,résistant,robuste,robuste,solide,son,raide
tendentiousness => tendanciosité, tendentiously => tendancieusement, tendentious => tendancieux, tendency => tendance, tendencious => tendancieux,
