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Word: tender (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • of food Soft and easily chewed.
  • Fond, loving, gentle, sweet
  • Sensitive or painful to be touched.

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Noun:

  • legal A formal offer to buy or sell something.
  • A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
  • A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel.
  • nautical A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore.
  • nautical A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
  • obsolete Someone who tends or waits on someone.

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Verb:

  • now|_|rare To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
  • formal To offer, to give.
  • To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
  • To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

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