Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tender | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
tenderness | Yes | No | No | No |
tender (noun) | tenderness (noun) |
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ship that usually provides supplies to other ships | a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling |
a boat for communication between ship and shore | a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) |
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water | a positive feeling of liking |
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | warm compassionate feelings |
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) |
something that can be used as an official medium of payment |
tender (adjective) | tenderness (adjective) |
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easy to cut or chew | |
physically untoughened | |
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality | |
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition | |
having or displaying warmth or affection | |
hurting | |
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | |
young and immature |
tender (verb) | tenderness (verb) |
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make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | |
make a tender of; in legal settlements | |
offer or present for acceptance | |
propose a payment |