tender
Part of speech: adj
noun
adv
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).
Inflected forms:
form: tenderer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: tenderest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tenders
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more tender
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most tender
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Sensitive or painful to the touch.
pos: adj
examples: […]poore Lord, is't I
That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe
Thoſe tender limbes of thine[…]
Be careful: that area is tender.
gloss: Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
pos: adj
examples: tender plants
tender flesh
tender fruit
gloss: Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
pos: adj
examples: the tender and delicate woman among you
gloss: Soft and easily chewed.
pos: adj
examples: The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.
gloss: Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
pos: adj
examples: Our Bodies are not naturally more Tender than our Faces.
gloss: Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
pos: adj
examples: Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.
You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies,
 Will never do him good.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Lord. VVHen thou ſhalt viſit me vvith a ſharp diſeaſe, I fear I ſhall be impatient. For I am Cholerick by my Nature, and tender by my Temper, and have not been acquainted vvith Sickneſſe all my life time.
gloss: Young and inexperienced.
pos: adj
examples: I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven.
And you of tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by.
The court later expressly adopted the tender years doctrine, which states that a child is incapable of contributory negligence if he is less than seven years old[…].
gloss: Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
pos: adj
examples: tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
The lesser griefs that may be said,
⁠That breathe a thousand tender vows,
⁠Are but as servants in a house
Where lies the master newly dead; […]
gloss: Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
pos: adj
examples: a tender subject
Things that are tender and unpleasing.
gloss: Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
pos: adj
gloss: Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: I love Valentine,
 Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
gloss: Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: tender of property
The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.
gloss: Care, kind concern, regard.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Stay, and breath awhile.
 Thou haſt redeem'd thy loſt opinion
 And ſhew'd thou makeſt ſome tender of my life
 In this faire reſcue thou haſt brought to mee.
gloss: The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: tenderly
pos: adv
examples: Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go
Synonyms: nesh
Derived words: chicken tender
entender
fork-tender
frost-tender
intender
nontender
overtender
tenderfoot
tenderfooted
tender-handed
tenderhearted
tenderise
tenderize
tenderish
tenderization
tenderling
tenderloin
tender loving care
TLC
tenderly
tenderminded
tenderness
tenderometer
tenderoni
tender porcelain
tenderqueer
tendersome
tenderstem
tender years doctrine
tenerity
ultratender
untender
tenderful
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