tender
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"tEn.d@(r)/
- (US) IPA: /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, SAMPA: /"tEn.d@`/
- (NY) IPA: /ˈtɛn.də/, SAMPA: /"tEn.d@/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)
- Hyphenation: ten‧der
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old French tendre, from Latin tener (“soft, delicate”).
[edit] Adjective
tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)
- Sensitive or painful to be touched.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, 3,2:
- […] poore Lord, is't I
That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe
Thoſe tender limbes of thine […]
- […] poore Lord, is't I
- 2006, Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character in the movie), Shrek.
- Be careful: that area is tender .
- 1597, William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, 3,2:
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- 2001, Joey Pantolino (character in the movie), The Matrix.
- The matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.
- 2001, Joey Pantolino (character in the movie), The Matrix.
- Fond, loving, gentle, sweet
- Suzanne was such a tender and sweet mother to her children.
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- See also Wikisaurus:affectionate
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[edit] Translations
sensitive or painful
soft and easily chewed
fond, loving, gentle, sweet
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[edit] Verb
tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
- (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 [...].
- ca. 1947, Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:
- Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. [...] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 233:
- To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 3,1 (First Folio edition):
- And ſo good Capulet, which name I tender
As dearely as my owne, be ſatisfied.
- And ſo good Capulet, which name I tender
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 3,1 (First Folio edition):
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
tender (plural tenders)
- (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
- A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- submarine tender
- destroyer tender
- (nautical) A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore.
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fuel-carrying railroad car
nautical: ship functioning as mobile base for other ships
nautical: a boat used for transportation btw a ship and the shore
[edit] Etymology 3
From Middle French tendre (“stretch out”).
[edit] Verb
tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
- (formal) To offer, to give.
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- 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.
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- To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
- In business law, a tender offer is an invitation to shareholders of a corporation to tender, or exchange, their shares in return for a monetary buy-out.
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[edit] Noun
tender (plural tenders)
- 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.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- We will submit our tender to you within the week.
[edit] Translations
means of payment
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law: an offer to buy or sell something
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[edit] Verb
tender
[edit] Polish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtɛndɛr/
[edit] Noun
tender m.
- tender (a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)
[edit] Declension
declension of tender
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
[edit] Verb
tender (first-person singular present tiendo, first-person singular preterite tendí, past participle tendido)
- (transitive) to spread, to stretch out
- (transitive) to lay (cable)
- (transitive) to make (a bed)
- (transitive) to hang up (clothes)
- (transitive) to build (a bridge across an expanse)
- (transitive) to extend (the hand)
- (transitive) to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
- (transitive) to cast (a net)
- (transitive) to set (a trap)
- (transitive) to coat (with plaster)
- (intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
- (reflexive) to lay oneself down
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of tender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English adjectives
- English verbs
- English terms with rare senses
- English words suffixed with -er
- English nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Nautical
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English formal terms
- en:Law
- Italian verbs
- Italian apocopic forms
- Polish nouns
- pl:Vehicles
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation e-ie)
