tender

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.dɚ/
  • (NYC) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.də/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: ten‧der
  • Homophone: tinder (pin-pen merger)

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).

Adjective[edit]

tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)

  1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
    • 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 […]
    • 2006, Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character), Shrek (movie)
      Be careful: that area is tender.
  2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
    tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit
  3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
    • Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 56
      the tender and delicate woman among you
  4. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
    • 2001, Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)
      The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.
  5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
    • L'Estrange
      Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.
  6. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
    Suzanne was such a tender and sweet mother to her children.
    • Bible, James v. 11
      The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
    • Shakespeare
      You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, / Will never do him good.
    • Fuller
      I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
  7. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
    tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
  8. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
    a tender subject
    • Francis Bacon
      Things that are tender and unpleasing.
  9. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
  10. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
    • Shakespeare
      I love Valentine, / Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
  11. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
    • Burke
      tender of property
    • Tillotson
      The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.
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Noun[edit]

tender (countable and uncountable, plural tenders)

  1. (obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
  2. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Verb[edit]

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, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , 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 […].
    • c. 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.
  2. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
    • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[1]
      The angrie king hath banished me the court:
      And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me,
      Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres.
    • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 1 (First Folio edition):
      And ſo good Capulet, which name I tender
      As dearely as my owne, be ſatisfied.

Etymology 2[edit]

From tend +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

tender (plural tenders)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
  2. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XII, p. 201, [2]
      Half the coal was out of the tender, half the fire out of the box, half the trucks were off the track, so violent was the stopping.
  3. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
    submarine tender
    destroyer tender
  4. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
    • 2015 April 1, Teresa Machan, “Queen Elizabeth passenger dies boarding a cruise ship tender [print version: Queen Elizabeth passenger dies after boarding mishap, 4 April 2015, p. T5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Travel)‎[3], archived from the original on 13 April 2015:
      A passenger on Cunard's Queen Elizabeth died this week following an accident while boarding from a tender (the small boats that carry passengers from ship to shore or port when the cruise ship anchors at sea). […] Gangway ramps can, on occasion, break free of either the ship or the tender, causing passengers or crew to fall into the sea.
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Verb[edit]

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

  1. To work on a tender.
    • 1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 103:
      Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French tendre (“stretch out”).

Noun[edit]

tender (plural tenders)

  1. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
    Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.
    legal tender
  3. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
    We will submit our tender to you within the week.
  4. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
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Verb[edit]

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

  1. (formal) To offer, to give.
    to tender one’s resignation
    • Shakespeare
      You see how all conditions, how all minds, […] tender down / Their services to Lord Timon.
    • 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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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English tender.

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Hyphenation: ten‧der

Noun[edit]

tender m (plural tenders, diminutive tendertje n)

  1. (finance) tender
  2. (rail transport) coal-car

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Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

tender

  1. Apocopic form of tendere

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tender

  1. Alternative form of tinder

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tender m inan

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

Declension[edit]

declension of tender
singular plural
nominative tender tendry
genitive tendra tendrów
dative tendrowi tendrom
accusative tender tendry
instrumental tendrem tendrami
locative tendrze tendrach
vocative tendrze tendry

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

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Verb[edit]

tender (first-person singular present indicative tendo, past participle tendido)

  1. to tend
  2. to trend

Conjugation[edit]

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb tender
Notes:[edit]
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal tender
Personal tender tenderes tender tendermos tenderdes tenderem
Gerund
tendendo
Past participle
Masculine tendido tendidos
Feminine tendida tendidas
Indicative
Present tendo tendes tende tendemos tendeis tendem
Imperfect tendia tendias tendia tendíamos tendíeis tendiam
Preterite tendi tendeste tendeu tendemos tendestes tenderam
Pluperfect tendera tenderas tendera tendêramos tendêreis tenderam
Future tenderei tenderás tenderá tenderemos tendereis tenderão
Conditional
tenderia tenderias tenderia tenderíamos tenderíeis tenderiam
Subjunctive
Present tenda tendas tenda tendamos tendais tendam
Imperfect tendesse tendesses tendesse tendêssemos tendêsseis tendessem
Future tender tenderes tender tendermos tenderdes tenderem
Imperative
Affirmative - tende tenda tendamos tendei tendam
Negative (não) - tendas tenda tendamos tendais tendam

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Verb[edit]

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

Conjugation[edit]

  • Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of tender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive tender
gerund tendiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular tendido tendida
plural tendidos tendidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tiendo tiendestú
tendésvos 		tiende tendemos tendéis tienden
imperfect tendía tendías tendía tendíamos tendíais tendían
preterite tendí tendiste tendió tendimos tendisteis tendieron
future tenderé tenderás tenderá tenderemos tenderéis tenderán
conditional tendería tenderías tendería tenderíamos tenderíais tenderían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tienda tiendas tienda tendamos tendáis tiendan
imperfect
(ra) 		tendiera tendieras tendiera tendiéramos tendierais tendieran
imperfect
(se) 		tendiese tendieses tendiese tendiésemos tendieseis tendiesen
future1 tendiere tendieres tendiere tendiéremos tendiereis tendieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tiendetú
tendévos 		tienda tendamos tended tiendan
negative no tiendas no tienda no tendamos no tendáis no tiendan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
► Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation e-ie)
    Selected combined forms of tenderedit data

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive tender
dative tenderme tenderte tenderle, tenderse tendernos tenderos tenderles, tenderse
accusative tenderme tenderte tenderlo, tenderla, tenderse tendernos tenderos tenderlos, tenderlas, tenderse
with gerund tendiendo
dative tendiéndome tendiéndote tendiéndole, tendiéndose tendiéndonos tendiéndoos tendiéndoles, tendiéndose
accusative tendiéndome tendiéndote tendiéndolo, tendiéndola, tendiéndose tendiéndonos tendiéndoos tendiéndolos, tendiéndolas, tendiéndose
with informal second-person singular imperative tiende
dative tiéndeme tiéndete tiéndele tiéndenos not used tiéndeles
accusative tiéndeme tiéndete tiéndelo, tiéndela tiéndenos not used tiéndelos, tiéndelas
with formal second-person singular imperative tienda
dative tiéndame not used tiéndale, tiéndase tiéndanos not used tiéndales
accusative tiéndame not used tiéndalo, tiéndala, tiéndase tiéndanos not used tiéndalos, tiéndalas
with first-person plural imperative tendamos
dative not used tendámoste tendámosle tendámonos tendámoos tendámosles
accusative not used tendámoste tendámoslo, tendámosla tendámonos tendámoos tendámoslos, tendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tended
dative tendedme not used tendedle tendednos tendeos tendedles
accusative tendedme not used tendedlo, tendedla tendednos tendeos tendedlos, tendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tiendan
dative tiéndanme not used tiéndanle tiéndannos not used tiéndanles, tiéndanse
accusative tiéndanme not used tiéndanlo, tiéndanla tiéndannos not used tiéndanlos, tiéndanlas, tiéndanse

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