| 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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