Meaning of tender | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
2. Sensitive or painful to the touch
3. Care, kind concern, regard.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
5. To make tender.
6. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
7. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate
8. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
   countable, uncountable
9. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
10. A strip of meat, usually chicken, often breaded, deep-fried, and served with a sauce.
11. A formal offer to buy or sell something.
12. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship
13. A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
14. A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
15. Describes plants damaged by freezing temperatures.
16. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
17. Soft and easily chewed
18. Of a kindly, considerate character:gentle, mild, soft, softhearted, tenderhearted.
19. A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
20. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained
21. Something offered:bid, offer, proffer, proposal.
22. Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
23. To put before another for acceptance:extend, offer, present, proffer, volunteer.
24. lieftalligheid نَعومَه، لَطافَه، طَراوَه، لين нежност ternura měkkost, něha, citlivost die Zartheit ømhed τρυφερότηταternura hellus مهربانی؛ نرمی hellyys tendresseעדינות नरमी, कोमला osjetljivost, blagost érzékenység; puhaság, lágyság; gyöngédség kelembutan blíða tenerezza 優しさ 부드러움, 애정어린 švelnumas maigums; jūtīgums kelembutan zachtheidømhet; mørhetczułość ternura tandreţe нежность mäkkosť, neha nežnost nežnost ömhet ความอ่อนโยน şefkat 溫柔 ніжність, м'якість نزاکت sự dịu dàng, tính chất mềm 温柔
25. in a loving and gentle manner. He kissed her tenderly. lieftallig بطراوَه، بِرِقَّه، بِنُعومَه، بِلين нежно ternamente něžně zart kærligt; ømt τρυφεράtiernamente hellalt با مهربانی hellästi tendrementבעדינות प्रेम से nježno, blago gyengéden dengan lembut blíðlega teneramente 優しく 부드럽게 švelniai maigi; liegi dgn lembut liefdevolømt, kjærlig czule ternamente tandru нежно nežne nežno nežno ömt อย่างรักใคร่ şefkatle 親切地 ніжно پيار سے say đắm 亲切地
26. kind and sympathetic; easily made to feel pity. lieftallig رَقيق القَلْب، لَطيف، مُتَعاطِف състрадателен compassivo laskavý, soucitný weichherzig godhjertet ευαίσθητος, πονόψυχοςbondadoso; compasivo õrnahingeline دل نازک helläsydäminen sensibleרחמן मृदु हृदय वाला meka srca, blag vajszívű simpatik brjóstgóður sensibile 優しい 온화한 minkštaširdis labsirdīgs; mīkstu sirdi lembut hati teerhartigkjærlig, ømhjertet o miękkim sercu compassivo sensibil мягкосердечный láskavý, súcitný mehkega srca milosrda...
27. lieftalligheid رِقَّة القَلْب състрадателност natureza compassiva útlocitnost die Weichherzigkeit godhjertethed ευαισθησίαbondad; naturaleza compasiva õrnatundelisus دل نازکی helläsydämisyys sensibilitéרחמנות कोमला, स्नेहीता blagost, osjetljivost lágyszívűség kelembutan hati brjóstgæska sensibilità 優しい心 온화함 švelnumas, širdingumas labsirdība; labsirdīgums kelembutan hati teerhartigheidgodhet, følsomhetczułość, serdeczność natureza compassiva sensibilitate мягкосердечность súcitnosť rahločutnos...

Equivalents

Examples

“Stay, and breath awhile. Thou haſt redeem'd thy loſt opinion And ſhew'd thou makeſt ſome tender of my life In this faire reſcue thou haſt brought to mee.”

“Half the coal was out of the tender, half the fire out of the box, half the trucks were off the track, so violent was the stopping.”

“Of locomotive interest was "an engine house for spare engines which was about 60 ft. × 51 ft.; on the outside of this was an immense turntable sufficient to turn the engine and tender at once."”

“submarine tender”

“destroyer tender”

“The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m.”

“A passenger on Cunard's Queen Elizabeth died this week following an accident while boarding from a tender (the small boats that carry passengers from ship to shore or port when the cruise ship anchors at sea). […] Gangway ramps can, on occasion, break free of either the ship or the tender, causing passengers or crew to fall into the sea.”

“Now, with scallop populations under pressure, Mr. Sewell is one of only about 30 active scallop divers left in his state. He and his tender, Jason Simmons, have harvested scallops together each winter and early spring for the past seven years. The rest of the year he catches bluefin tuna and dives for sea urchins.”

“The first of two willful violations OSHA found were the diver and dive tender "performing dredging operations in a canal with zero-visibility, did not have the experience and training in the use of tools, equipment, systems, techniques, and emergency procedures which are required to perform these underwater tasks in a safe manner."”

“You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!”

“Ophe[lia]. He hath my Lord of late made many tenders / Of his affection to me. / Pol[onius]. Affection, puh, you ſpeake like a greene girle / Vnſifted in ſuch perrilous circumſtance, / Do you belieue his tenders as you call them? / Ophe. I doe not knovve my Lord vvhat I ſhould thinke. / Pol. Marry I vvill teach you, thinke your ſelfe a babie / That you haue tane [taken] theſe tenders for true pay / VVhich are not ſterling, tender your ſelfe more dearely […]”

“Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.”

“legal tender”

“We will submit our tender to you within the week.”

“[...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.”

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