TENDER

I. adjective see: thin Date: 13th century 1. having a soft or yielding texture ; easily broken, cut, or damaged ; delicate , fragile , easily chewed ; succulent , 2. physically weak ; not able to endure hardship, immature , young , incapable of resisting cold ; not hardy , marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions ; fond , loving , 4. showing care ; considerate , solicitous , highly susceptible to impressions or emotions ; impressionable , 5. appropriate or conducive to a delicate or sensitive constitution or character ; gentle , mild , delicate or soft in quality or tone , dear , precious , 7. sensitive to touch or palpation , sensitive to injury or insult ; touchy , demanding careful and sensitive handling ; ticklish , easily tipped by an external force, ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Etymology: 1~ Date: 13th century consideration , regard , III. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century transitive verb to make ~ ; soften , weaken , to regard or treat with ~ness, intransitive verb to become ~, IV. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English tendren, from Anglo-French tendre offer Date: 15th century transitive verb to make a ~ of, to present for acceptance ; offer , intransitive verb to make a bid or ~ , V. noun Usage: often attributive see: thin Date: circa 1543 an unconditional offer of money or service in satisfaction of a debt or obligation made to save a penalty or forfeiture for nonpayment or nonperformance, an offer or proposal made for acceptance: as, an offer of a bid for a contract, ~ offer , something that may be offered in payment, VI. noun Date: 1675 one that tends: as, a. a ship employed to attend other ships (as to supply provisions), a boat for communication or transportation between shore and a larger ship, a warship that provides logistic support, a car attached to a steam locomotive for carrying a supply of fuel and water, VII. noun Etymology: probably short for ~loin Date: 1983 an often breaded strip of usually breast meat