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Words with a similar base: attender, legal_tender, tender, tenderise, tenderize

'tender'

[tender.n.01] as in: something that can be used as an official medium of payment

'tender'

[attendant.n.01] as in: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

'tender'

[bid.n.03] as in: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

'tender'

[tender.n.04] as in: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

'tender'

[tender.n.05] as in: a boat for communication between ship and shore

'tender'

[tender.n.06] as in: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

'tender'

[tender.v.01] as in: offer or present for acceptance

'tender'

[offer.v.07] as in: propose a payment

Examples:
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting

'tender'

[tender.v.03] as in: make a tender of; in legal settlements

'tender'

[tender.v.04] as in: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

Examples:
tenderize meat

'tender'

[tender.a.01] as in: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

Examples:
a tender heart
a tender smile
tender loving care
tender memories
a tender mother

'tender'

[sensitive.s.01] as in: hurting

Examples:
the tender spot on his jaw

'tender'

[tender.s.02] as in: young and immature

Examples:
at a tender age

'tender'

[affectionate.s.01] as in: having or displaying warmth or affection

Examples:
affectionate children
a fond embrace
fond of his nephew
a tender glance
a warm embrace

'tender'

[tender.a.05] as in: easy to cut or chew

Examples:
tender beef

'tender'

[tender.a.06] as in: physically untoughened

Examples:
tender feet

'tender'

[crank.s.01] as in: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

'tender'

[tender.s.05] as in: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

Examples:
tender green shoots

Origins

					tender (English)
├── -er (English)
│   ├── -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── -eren (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── -or (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ra (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
├── tend (English)
│   └── tenden (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── tendan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
├── tendre (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
└── tendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    ├── tendere (Latin)
    └── tener (Latin)