tender
1. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
• Syn:
attendant, attender
• Derivationally related forms:
tend, attend (for: attender), attend (for: attendant)
• Hypernyms:
assistant, helper, help, supporter
• Hyponyms:
companion, baggageman, batman, bellboy, bellman,
bellhop, bridesmaid, maid of honor, caddie, golf caddie, checker,
courtier, cupbearer, equerry, escort, esquire, famulus,
gillie, groomsman, lifeguard, lifesaver, linkboy, linkman,
loader, matron of honor, orderly, hospital attendant, page, varlet,
racker, rocker, second, servitor, squire, gallant,
steward, flight attendant, stretcher-bearer, litter-bearer, trainbearer, waker,
rouser, arouser
2. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
• Syn:
bid
• Derivationally related forms:
bid (for: bid)
• Hypernyms:
offer, offering
• Hyponyms:
overbid, buyout bid
3. a boat for communication between ship and shore
• Syn:
ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
• Hypernyms:
boat
• Hyponyms:
gig
4. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
• Syn:
supply ship
• Hypernyms:
ship
5. something that can be used as an official medium of payment
• Syn:
legal tender, stamp
• Hypernyms:
medium of exchange, monetary system
• Hyponyms:
food stamp
6. car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
• Hypernyms:
car, railcar, railway car, railroad car
1. offer or present for acceptance (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
give, gift, present
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. propose a payment
- The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
• Syn:
offer, bid
• Derivationally related forms:
bid (for: bid), bidder (for: bid), offer (for: offer)
• Topics:
auction, auction sale, vendue
• Hyponyms:
by-bid, subscribe, overbid, underbid, outbid
• Entailment:
dicker, bargain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. make a tender of;
in legal settlements
• Hypernyms:
offer, proffer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
- tenderize meat
• Syn:
tenderize, tenderise
• Derivationally related forms:
tenderisation (for: tenderise), tenderiser (for: tenderise), tender (for: tenderize), tenderization (for: tenderize), tenderizer (for: tenderize)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
1. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality (Freq. 2)
- a tender heart
- a tender smile
- tender loving care
- tender memories
- a tender mother
• Ant:
tough
• Similar to:
protective, sentimental
• See Also:
soft
• Derivationally related forms:
tenderness
2. young and immature (Freq. 2)
- at a tender age
• Similar to:
young, immature
3. having or displaying warmth or affection (Freq. 2)
- affectionate children
- a fond embrace
- fond of his nephew
- a tender glance
- a warm embrace
• Syn:
affectionate, fond, lovesome, warm
• Similar to:
loving
• Derivationally related forms:
warmness (for: warm), tenderness, fondness (for: fond), affection (for: affectionate), affectionateness (for: affectionate)
4. hurting (Freq. 2)
- the tender spot on his jaw
• Syn:
sensitive, sore, raw
• Similar to:
painful
• Derivationally related forms:
tenderness, rawness (for: raw), soreness (for: sore), sensitivity (for: sensitive)
5. easy to cut or chew (Freq. 1)
- tender beef
• Ant:
tough
• Similar to:
chewable, cuttable, crisp, crispy, flaky,
flakey, tenderized, tenderised
• See Also:
edible, comestible, eatable
• Derivationally related forms:
tenderize
6. physically untoughened
- tender feet
• Syn:
untoughened
• Ant:
tough
• Similar to:
delicate, soft
• See Also:
weak
• Derivationally related forms:
tenderness
7. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
• Syn:
crank, cranky, tippy
• Similar to:
unstable
• Topics:
boat
8. (of plants) not hardy;
easily killed by adverse growing condition
- tender green shoots
• Similar to:
delicate
• Topics:
plant, flora, plant life
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