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Definition of tender:

  • (noun) something used as an official medium of payment
  • (noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
  • (noun) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
  • (noun) car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
  • (noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore
  • (noun) ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
  • (verb) offer or present for acceptance
  • (verb) propose a payment;
  • (verb) make a tender of; in legal settlements
  • (adjective) given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "a tender mother"
  • (adjective) easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
  • (adjective) physically untoughened; "tender feet"
  • (adjective) hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
  • (adjective) young and immature; "at a tender age"
  • (adjective) (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"

Sentence Examples:

Linda's face was aglow with a tender light; her eyes were like stars.

Bluebird is a gentleman, chivalrous and brave, as he is tender and loving.

Flesh, white, deeply tinged with green, tender, juicy, and briskly flavored.

Flesh, white, tender, crisp, very juicy, sweet, brisk, and pleasantly aromatic.

Flesh, white, very crisp and tender, juicy, sugary, and highly flavored.

Flesh, yellow, rather soft and tender, juicy, sugary, and highly flavored.

Flesh, yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy, but wanting both sugar and acidity.

Wallace approached, and tendered treble the sum for the permission offered.

She clenched her hands till the nails penetrated the tender flesh.

As he walked the sound of a tender lullaby broke upon his meditations.

There is nothing I love better than a tender juicy bit of pork.

One does not confide family matters to a child of those tender years.

"I will make you a prince, Count," rejoins she, with a tender look.

Her tone was even womanly and tender in speaking of the dead boy.

They prefaced their words with extravagant obeisances, tendered with mock humility.

This is the season for tender forbearance, and if need be, of forgiveness.

Bake three tart apples in rather a quick oven until they are tender.

You shall have the parson's nose; you will see how tender it is.'

He was but playing with the question in a kind of tender wantonness.

It is scarcely credible how courageously these boys of such tender age behaved.

Miss Mary Temple is anxious to tender the award in person as heretofore.

It was deliciously soft, as tender as silk as he skimmed across it.

"Well, I'll manage to come a little earlier," he responded, with tender gaiety.

Scrape and wash enough of the tender white celery to make one quart.

We spare the tender-hearted reader a detail of the affecting interview that ensued.

The toughest veal, cooked in this way, will be as tender as chicken.

Perhaps it may be best described as that of serious and tender thoughtfulness.

Cut venison in very small pieces and stew, highly seasoned, until tender.

Then stick cloves all over the tongue, and let cook until tender.

The tender and emotional epitaphs have a tendency to become either insipid or silly.

Boil the skins of three juicy oranges until tender, then chop fine.

They were tender and soft and round; without harshness, cruelty, or deception.

In coming to us, he tenders us an advantage which we should not waive.

For in truth he looked more like some tender minstrel than a gallant warrior.

Thus was provided the hot-house atmosphere in which the tender exotic existed.

Allow not the world nor aught else to extinguish the tender flame.

The assurance with which I tendered the slight service astonished me myself.

In coming to us, he tenders us an advantage which we should not waive.

A wonderful tender smile had dispersed the shadows of his ascetic face.

Ah, through her tender mother's heart there darted a pain all unwonted.

These volunteers are very thorny, bearing tender claws to protect themselves with.

The tender green of the grass was wonderfully refreshing to the eyes.

The face of the Prioress grew stern and sad; yet, withal, tender.

On the other side, with tender grief oppress'd Unspeakable, brave Menelaus stood.

Theodora's tender heart was wrung by the passionate distress in his eyes.

John Cabot stroked the wavy dark hair with a lingering, tender touch.

A man with blond hair, flat feet that shuffled, small tender hands.

Kitty had served merely to enliven his tender recollections of her mother.

He was tendered a splendid reception and presented with several rich souvenirs.

She was awakened by his kisses and his anxious and tender ejaculations.

The newcomer exclaimed, soothing her with tender touches on hair and shoulder.

How full of tender solicitude is she when I am entering upon any cause!

A sudden and tender love fills her heart for the outcast wanderer.

Instead of tender leaves, they bristled all over with dark green "needles."

This species is tender during its first year but perfectly hardy afterwards.

The brief midday hours fly as she yields to the tender wooing.

Meantime, she left him to the tender mercies of the happy spinster.

He was a great, big, good-looking man, gruff without and tender within.

They expected tender adulation from most, and from most they received it.

Wash well, halve or quarter, boil until very tender, drain and serve.

His habitual mood was the exquisitely sensitive, the tender, playful, reverent mood.

The coupling was apparently uninjured but the tender and engine were gone.

He chopped the throttle and tried out the brakes with tender care.

The good and tender father, who pardons and embraces instead of scolding!'

Tender shoots of this kind sometimes conceal a very knotty depressed stem.

Yet, in spite of this sternness his heart was soft and tender.

He felt the tender nestling of her warm young form against him.

They are generally larger, fatter, and more tender and juicy than others.

A friend upon one solemn occasion tendered advice on the score of his extravagance.

Horror and grief and loneliness have left scars on tender, impressionable youth.

He was a tender, indulgent father, who never asserted the parental authority.

She arose, and, clasping her hands, with strong, yet tender, emotion, exclaimed.

She herself secretly derided the young man in that same tender office.

Her touch was tender and skillful in spite of her ill-suppressed anger.

Sunshine mellowed the new greenness of short, tender grass on the lawns.

The next instant my wife was in my arms, tearful, tender, triumphant.

Her face was alight with pleasure, mingled with an almost tender mischief.

Make it boil, skim it, and let the celery simmer till tender.

Ulysses seeing him stand thus mournfully aloof, addressed him with tender sorrow.

The very molding of her cheek and chin showed a tender gaiety.

If you do find the Major fighting a rear-guard action don't be too tender.

It was yielding to the gusty wind with all its tender twigs.

They are too tender, too delicate, to bide the rough usage of the world.

When perfectly tender, pass them through a colander to extract the stones.

Skin thin, tender, adheres to the pulp, contains no pigment, not astringent.

Skin unusually thin, tender, adheres to pulp, contains no pigment, slightly astringent.

Skin thin, tender, adheres considerably to the pulp, contains no pigment, astringent.

Lucy sat aghast; then inquired in tender anxiety what was the matter.

A gleam of reminiscence, both mischievous and tender, fired her slanting eyes.

The lichens are tender and white, and taste somewhat like wheat bran.

A storm sank the tender to the Tiger, Sir Richard Grenville's flagship.

Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavored, with a slight aroma.

They are little circumstances that work most sensibly upon the tender feelings.

She went on in calm and tender tones, her arms encircling both.

Instead of tender leaves, they bristled all over with dark green "needles."

Young skate are called "maids," and their flesh is tender and delicate.

For example, tender sentimental talk after a dinner enlivened with good wine.

These tender travelers would have much retarded our march under other circumstances.

Surely the most tender love may subsist without this confusion of relationships.

She smiled, happily unconscious of his allusion, and replied in tender raillery.