tender

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 See also 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 Noun 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Polish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 3 Spanish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Verb 3.2.1 Conjugation 3.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"tEn.d@(r)/

  Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

• (US) IPA: /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, SAMPA: /"tEn.d@`/

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• Hyphenation: ten‧der

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener (“‘soft, delicate’”).

[edit] Adjective

tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)

1. Sensitive or painful to be touched.

   (A date for this quote is being sought): Be careful, that area is tender. - Mike Myers as the voice of the title character in the movie Shrek.

2. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.

   (A date for this quote is being sought): The matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent and juicy. - Joey Pantolino in the movie The Matrix'.'

3. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet

   Suzanne was such a tender and sweet mother to her children.

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• See also Wikisaurus:affectionate

[edit] Derived terms

• tenderise, tenderize
• tenderly
• tenderness
• tender loving care, TLC
• tenderfoot

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[edit] Verb

to tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

1. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 233:

     to such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, [...] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths [...].

2. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.

[edit] Etymology 2

From tend +‎ -er.

[edit] Noun

tender (plural tenders)

1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
2. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel.
3. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

   submarine tender

   destroyer tender

4. (nautical) A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore.

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[edit] See also

• legal tender

[edit] Etymology 3

From Middle French tendre (“‘stretch out’”).

[edit] Verb

to tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

1. (formal) To offer, to give.

   • tender one’s resignation

   • 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston

     I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

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• offer

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[edit] Noun

tender (plural tenders)

1. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

   Your credit card has been declined. You need to provide some other tender such as cash.

2. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.

   We will submit our tender to you within the week.

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• Alphagram: deenrt
• rented

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛndɛr/

[edit] Noun

tender m.

1. tender (a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tender	tendry
Genitive	tendra	tendrów
Dative	tendrowi	tendrom
Accusative	tender	tendry
Instrumental	tendrem	tendrami
Locative	tendrze	tendrach
Vocative	tendrze	tendry

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.

[edit] Verb

tender (first-person singular present tiendo, first-person singular preterite tendí, past participle tendido)

1. (transitive) to spread, to stretch out
2. (transitive) to lay (cable)
3. (transitive) to make (a bed)
4. (transitive) to hang up (clothes)
5. (transitive) to build (a bridge across an expanse)
6. (transitive) to extend (the hand)
7. (transitive) to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
8. (transitive) to cast (a net)
9. (transitive) to set (a trap)
10. (transitive) to coat (with plaster)
11. (intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
12. (reflexive) to lay oneself down

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[edit] Related terms

• tenderse