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TENDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
Synonyms:
supply ship; tender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tender" is a kind of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A boat for communication between ship and shore
Synonyms:
cutter; pinnace; ship's boat; tender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tender" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tender"):
gig (tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tender" is a kind of...):
car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
Synonyms:
bid; tender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tender" is a kind of...):
offer; offering (something offered (as a proposal or bid))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tender"):
overbid (a bid that is higher than preceding bids)
buyout bid (a bid to buy all of a person's holdings)
Derivation:
tender (make a tender of; in legal settlements)
tender (propose a payment)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tender" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tender"):
loader (an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game)
matron of honor (a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding)
hospital attendant; orderly (a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients)
orderly (a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer)
page; varlet (in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood)
page (a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings)
racker (an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack)
rocker (an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle)
second (the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match)
servitor (someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else)
squire (young nobleman attendant on a knight)
gallant; squire (a man who attends or escorts a woman)
flight attendant; steward (an attendant on an airplane)
litter-bearer; stretcher-bearer (one who helps carry a stretcher)
trainbearer (one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion)
arouser; rouser; waker (someone who rouses others from sleep)
companion (one paid to accompany or assist or live with another)
baggageman (an attendant who takes care of baggage)
batman (an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer)
bellboy; bellhop; bellman (someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels)
bridesmaid; maid of honor (an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding)
caddie; golf caddie (an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player)
checker (an attendant who checks coats or baggage)
courtier (an attendant at the court of a sovereign)
cupbearer (the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine)
equerry (a personal attendant of the British royal family)
escort (an attendant who is employed to accompany someone)
esquire ((Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood)
famulus (a close attendant (as to a scholar))
gillie (a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief)
groomsman (a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding)
lifeguard; lifesaver (an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents)
linkboy; linkman ((formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets)
Derivation:
tend (have care of or look after)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Something that can be used as an official medium of payment
Synonyms:
legal tender; stamp; tender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("tender" is a kind of...):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tender"):
food stamp (a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
Example:
tender green shoots
Classified under:
Similar:
delicate (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or displaying warmth or affection
Example:
a tender glance
Synonyms:
affectionate; fond; lovesome; tender
Classified under:
Similar:
loving (feeling or showing love and affection)
Derivation:
tenderness (a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling)
tenderness (a positive feeling of liking)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Young and immature
Example:
at a tender age
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Hurting
Example:
the tender spot on his jaw
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
painful (causing physical or psychological pain)
Derivation:
tenderness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
Sense 5
Meaning:
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
Domain category:
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Easy to cut or chew
Example:
tender beef
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tenderised; tenderized (made tender as by marinating or pounding)
chewable; cuttable (able to be chewed or cut)
crisp; crispy (tender and brittle)
flakey; flaky (made of or easily forming flakes)
Also:
comestible; eatable; edible (suitable for use as food)
Antonym:
tough (resistant to cutting or chewing)
Derivation:
tenderize (make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Physically untoughened
Example:
tender feet
Synonyms:
tender; untoughened
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
delicate; soft (easily hurt)
Also:
weak (wanting in physical strength)
Antonym:
tough (physically toughened)
Derivation:
tenderness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
Sense 8
Meaning:
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
Example:
a tender mother
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
protective (showing care)
sentimental (given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality)
Also:
soft (compassionate and kind; conciliatory)
Antonym:
tough (not given to gentleness or sentimentality)
Derivation:
tenderness (a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless))
tenderness (warm compassionate feelings)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they tender ... he / she / it tenders
Past simple: tendered
Past participle: tendered
-ing form: tendering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
Example:
tenderize meat
Synonyms:
tender; tenderise; tenderize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "tender" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a tender of; in legal settlements
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "tender" is one way to...):
offer; proffer (present for acceptance or rejection)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
tender (a formal proposal to buy at a specified price)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Offer or present for acceptance
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "tender" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Propose a payment
Example:
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
Synonyms:
bid; offer; tender
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
"Tender" entails doing...:
bargain; dicker (negotiate the terms of an exchange)
Domain category:
auction; auction sale; vendue (the public sale of something to the highest bidder)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tender"):
by-bid (bid on behalf of someone else)
subscribe (offer to buy, as of stocks and shares)
overbid (bid more than the object is worth)
underbid (bid too low)
outbid (bid higher than others)
underbid (bid lower than a competing bidder)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
tender (a formal proposal to buy at a specified price)
Context examples:
The act of the dispensing, applying, or tendering a medical product or other agent.
(Agent Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
The tenderest caresses followed this confession.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Tender points are specific places on the neck, shoulders, back, hips, arms, and legs.
(Fibromyalgia, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
My unfortunate guest regards me with the tenderest compassion.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“How clear and how tender—simple, and yet so full of thought!”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She still cherished a very tender affection for Bingley.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
As his teeth crunched through the tender flesh and fragile bones, he began naturally to eat.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Never did boys of his tender age go forth to hunt, much less to hunt alone.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Symptoms include: • Fever and chills • Swollen glands or lymph nodes • A rash with painful, red, tender skin.
(Cellulitis, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
