tender


Meanings

  • 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
  • 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;
    • "tenderize meat"
  • given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality;
    • "a tender heart"
    • "a tender smile"
    • "tender loving care"
    • "tender memories"
    • "a tender mother"
  • hurting;
    • "the tender spot on his jaw"
  • young and immature;
    • "at a tender age"
  • having or displaying warmth or affection;
    • "a tender glance"
  • easy to cut or chew;
    • "tender beef"
  • physically untoughened;
    • "tender feet"
  • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
  • (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition;
    • "tender green shoots"
  • TENDER adj -DERER, -DEREST soft or delicate
  • TENDER v -ED, -ING, -S to present for acceptance


Scrabble Score: 7

tender is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

tender is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

tender is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 8

tender is a valid Words With Friends word