Main entry: tender, supply ship
Definition: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
Main entry: tender, cutter, pinnace, ship's boat
Definition: a boat for communication between ship and shore
Main entry: tender
Definition: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
Definition: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
Main entry: attendant, attender, tender
Definition: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
Main entry: legal tender, tender, stamp
Definition: something that can be used as an official medium of payment
Main entry: tender, tenderise, tenderize
Definition: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
Usage: tenderize meat
Main entry: tender
Definition: make a tender of; in legal settlements
Main entry: tender
Definition: offer or present for acceptance
Main entry: tender, offer, bid
Definition: propose a payment
Usage: The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
Main entry: tender
Definition: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
Usage: tender green shoots
Main entry: fond, lovesome, tender, warm, affectionate
Definition: having or displaying warmth or affection
Usage: affectionate children; a fond embrace; fond of his nephew; a tender glance; a warm embrace
Main entry: tender
Definition: young and immature
Usage: at a tender age
Main entry: sensitive, sore, tender, raw
Definition: hurting
Usage: the tender spot on his jaw
Main entry: crank, cranky, tippy, tender
Definition: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Main entry: tender
Definition: easy to cut or chew
Usage: tender beef
Main entry: untoughened, tender
Definition: physically untoughened
Usage: tender feet
Main entry: tender
Definition: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
Usage: a tender heart; a tender smile; tender loving care; tender memories; a tender mother