Sounds | teh'nder | |
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Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... |
Meaning | given to sympathy / sympathy / sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality. | |
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Narrower | protective | showing care |
sentimental | given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality | |
See also | soft | Compassionate and kind |
Opposite | tough | not given to gentleness or sentimentality |
Spanish | cariñoso, tierno | |
Catalan | tendre | |
Nouns | tenderness | a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) |
tenderness | warm / warm compassionate feelings |
Meaning | hurting. | |
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Example | "the tender spot on his jaw" | |
Synonyms | sensitive, sore, raw | |
Broader | painful | Causing physical or psychological pain |
Spanish | dolorido, sensible | |
Catalan | sensible | |
Nouns | tenderness | a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) |
Meaning | young and immature. | |
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Example | "at a tender age" | |
Broader | young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
Spanish | tierno, vulnerable | |
Catalan | tendre, vulnerable |
Meaning | Having or displaying warmth or affection. | |
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Example | "a tender glance" | |
Synonyms | affectionate, fond, lovesome | |
Broader | loving | Feeling or showing love and affection |
Spanish | afectuoso, amable, cálido, cándido, cariñoso, dulce, simpático, tierno | |
Catalan | afectuós, càlid, dolç, tendre | |
Nouns | tenderness | a tendency to express warm / warm and affectionate feeling |
tenderness | a positive feeling of liking | |
Adverbs | tenderly | with tenderness |
Meaning | Easy to cut or chew. | |
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Example | "tender beef" | |
Narrower | chewable, cuttable | Easy to cut or chew |
crisp, crispy | tender and brittle | |
flaky, flakey | made of or easily forming flakes | |
tenderized, tenderised | made tender as by marinating or pounding | |
See also | edible, comestible, eatable | Suitable for use as food |
Opposite | tough | resistant to cutting or chewing |
Spanish | tierno | |
Verbs | tenderize | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer |
Meaning | physically untoughened. | |
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Example | "tender feet" | |
Synonym | untoughened | |
Narrower | delicate, soft | easily hurt |
See also | weak | Wanting in physical strength |
Opposite | tough, toughened | physically toughened |
Spanish | blando, suave al tacto, suavizado | |
Nouns | tenderness | a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) |
Meaning | (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail. | |
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Synonyms | crank, cranky, tippy | |
Category | boat | A small vessel for travel on water |
Broader | unstable | lacking stability or fixity / fixity or firmness |
Meaning | (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition. | |
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Example | "tender green shoots" | |
Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
Broader | delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing |
Spanish | tierno | |
Catalan | tendre |
Meaning | Something that can be used as an official medium of payment. | |
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Synonyms | legal tender, stamp | |
Narrower | food stamp | A government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food |
Broader | medium of exchange, monetary system | Anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region |
Spanish | moneda de curso legal, moneda legal | |
Catalan | moneda de curs legal |
Meaning | A formal proposal to buy at a specified price. | |
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Synonym | bid | |
Narrower | buyout bid | A bid to buy all of a person's holdings |
overbid | A bid that is higher than preceding bids | |
Broader | offer, offering | Something offered (as a proposal or bid) |
Spanish | oferta, propuesta | |
Catalan | oferta | |
Verbs | tender | make a tender of |
tender | propose a payment |
Meaning | car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water. | |
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Broader | car, railcar, railway car, railroad car | A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad |
Spanish | ténder | |
Catalan | tènder |
Meaning | A boat for communication between ship and shore. | |
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Synonyms | ship's boat, pinnace, cutter | |
Narrower | gig | tender that is a light ship's boat |
Broader | boat | A small vessel for travel on water |
Spanish | pinaza |
Meaning | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships. | |
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Synonym | supply ship | |
Broader | ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight |
Spanish | buque de abastecimiento | |
Catalan | vaixell auxiliar |
Meaning | offer or present for acceptance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Broader | give, gift, present | Give as a present |
Spanish | licitar, ofrecer, presentar |
Meaning | Propose a payment. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | offer, bid | |
Category | auction, auction sale, vendue | The public sale of something to the highest bidder |
Entails | dicker, bargain | negotiate the terms of an exchange |
Narrower | by-bid | bid on behalf of someone else |
outbid | bid higher than others | |
overbid | bid more than the object is worth | |
subscribe | offer to buy, as of stocks and shares | |
underbid | bid too low | |
underbid | bid lower than a competing bidder | |
Spanish | ofertar, ofrecer, pujar | |
Catalan | oferir, ofertar | |
Nouns | tender | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price |
Meaning | make a tender of; in legal settlements. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | offer, proffer | Present for acceptance or rejection |
Spanish | licitar, ofrecer | |
Nouns | tender | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price |
Meaning | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "tenderize meat" | |
Synonyms | tenderize, tenderise | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | ablandar | |
Catalan | entendrir |
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