Thin; slender; attenuated; fine: literally or figuratively.Of fine or delicate quality; delicate; fine; soft: as, a tender glow of color.Soft; thin; watery.Delicate to the touch, or yielding readily to the action of a cutting instrument or to a blow; not tough or hard; especially, soft and easily masticated: as, tender meat.Soft; impressible; susceptible; sensitive; compassionate; easily touched, affected, or influenced: as, a tender heart.Expressing sensitive feeling; expressing the gentle emotions, as love or pity, especially the former; kindly; loving; affectionate; fond.Delicate in constitution, consistency, texture, etc.; fragile; easily injured, broken, or bruised.Delicate as regards health; weakly.Very sensitive to impression; very susceptible of any sensation or emotion; easily pained.Not strong; not hardy; not able to endure hardship or rough treatment; delicate; weak.Fresh; immature; feeble; young and inexperienced.Precious; dear.Careful; solicitous; considerate; watchful; concerned; unwilling to pain or injure; scrupulous: with of or over.Delicate; ticklish; apt to give pain if inconsiderately or roughly dealt with or referred to; requiring careful handling so as not to annoy or give pain: as, a tender subject.Quick; keen; sharp.Of ships, apt to lean over under sail; tender-sided: same as crank, 1.Yielding to a small force; sensitive.n. A tender regard; fondness; affection; regard.To regard or treat with compassion, solicitude, fondness, or care; cherish; hence, to hold dear; value; esteem.To make tender, in any sense.To offer; make offer of; present for acceptance: as, to tender one a complimentary dinner; to tender one's resignation.To offer in payment or satisfaction of some demand or obligation: as, to tender the (exact) amount of rent due.To show; present to view.To make a tender or offer; especially, to offer to supply certain commodities for a certain period at rates and under conditions specified, or to execute certain work: as, to tender for the dredging of a harbor.n. An offer for acceptance.n. Specifically In law, an offer of money or any other thing in satisfaction of a debt or liability; especially, the production and offer to pay or deliver the very thing requirable by a contract.n. An offer in writing made by one party to another to execute some specified work or to supply certain specified articles at a certain sum or rate, or to purchase something at a specified price.n. Something tendered or offered.n. One who tends; one who attends to, supervises, or takes care of something; a nurse: as, a machine-tender; a bartender.n. Nautical, a vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence, orders, etc.n. A boat or ship accompanying fishing- or whaling-vessels; a lighter.n. In railroading, a carriage attached to the locomotive, for carrying the fuel, water, etc. See cuts under passenger-engine and snow-plow.n. A small reservoir attached to a mop or scrubber, to hold a supply of water. The flow is controlled by a valve operated by a spring.
