tender
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.dɚ/
- (New York City) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.də/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ten‧der
- Homophone: tinder (pin–pen merger)
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).
Adjective
edittender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- […] poore Lord, is't I
That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe
Thoſe tender limbes of thine […]
- 2006, Shrek, spoken by Shrek (Mike Myers):
- Be careful: that area is tender.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- tender plants
- tender flesh
- tender fruit
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:56:
- the tender and delicate woman among you
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- 2001, Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)
- The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.
- 2001, Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- Our Bodies are not naturally more Tender than our Faces.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies,
Will never do him good.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 5:11:
- The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, “Personall Meditations”, in Good Thoughts in Bad Times, […], Exeter, Devon: […] Thomas Hunt, →OCLC, section II, page 3:
- Lord. VVHen thou ſhalt viſit me vvith a ſharp diſeaſe, I fear I ſhall be impatient. For I am Cholerick by my Nature, and tender by my Temper, and have not been acquainted vvith Sickneſſe all my life time.
- Young and inexperienced.
- I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven.
- 1970, Graham Nash (lyrics and music), “Teach Your Children”:
- And you of tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by.
- 2001 October 15, Appeals Court of Illinios (Second District) in Appelhans v. McFall:
- The court later expressly adopted the tender years doctrine, which states that a child is incapable of contributory negligence if he is less than seven years old […] .
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XX, page 33:
- The lesser griefs that may be said,
That breathe a thousand tender vows,
Are but as servants in a house
Where lies the master newly dead; […]
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- a tender subject
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Cunning”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- Things that are tender and unpleasing.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
- c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
- I love Valentine,
Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
- (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
- 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
- tender of property
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to Societies:
- The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.
Synonyms
edit- (soft, yielding, delicate): nesh
- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit
|
|
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
|
Noun
edittender (countable and uncountable, plural tenders)
- (obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 72, column 1:
- 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.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above).
Adverb
edittender (comparative more tender, superlative most tender)
- tenderly
- 1956, Ken Darb (lyrics and music), “Love Me Tender”, performed by Elvis Presley:
- Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go
Etymology 3
editFrom Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
edittender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
- (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:
- To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].
- c. 1947, Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:
- Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.
- (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
- 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- The angrie king hath banished me the court:
And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me,
Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene 1], page 23, column 1:
- Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech,
In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue,
Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince,
And free from other misbegotten hate,
Come I appealant to rhis [sic] Princely preſence.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- And ſo good Capulet, which name I tender
As dearely as my owne, be ſatisfied.
Etymology 4
editFrom tend + -er. Compare attender (“one who attends”).
Noun
edittender (plural tenders)
- (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia[1], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 201:
- 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.
- 1944 July and August, Reginald B. Fellows, “The Failure of Bricklayers Arms as a Passenger Station—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 211:
- 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."
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- submarine tender
- destroyer tender
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Synonym: dinghy
- 1944 July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The "City of Truro"”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
- 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.
- 2015 April 1, Teresa Machan, “Queen Elizabeth passenger dies boarding a cruise ship tender [print version: Queen Elizabeth passenger dies after boarding mishap, 4 April 2015, p. T5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Travel)[2], archived from the original on 13 April 2015:
- 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.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- 2015 August 18, Christoph Gelfand, “’Diving for Scallops’”, in The New York Times[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-25:
- 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.
- 2022 October 19, David J. Neal, “Broward company 'ignored safety standards and a young worker has died,' OSHA says”, in Miami Herald[4], Miami, F.L.: McClatchy, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2023:
- 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."
Derived terms
edit- airship tender
- balloon tender
- brake tender
- budtender
- buoy tender
- (one who tends): bartender
- seaplane tender
- (smaller boat used for transportation, naval ship that functions as a mobile base): tenderman
- sub tender
- tender cab
- tender engine
- tender-first
- tender loco
- tender locomotive
- water tender
Translations
edit
|
|
Verb
edittender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
- To work on a tender.
- 1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 103:
- Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.
Etymology 5
editFrom Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”).
Noun
edittender (plural tenders)
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- 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!
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Polonius: Affection? Pooh! You speak like a green girl
Unsifted in such perilous circumstance.
Do you believe his tenders, as you call them? // Ophelia: I do not know, my lord, what I should think. // Polonius: Marry, I'll teach you. Think yourself a baby
That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay
Which are not sterling. Tender yourself more dearly,
Or — not to crack the wind of the poor phrase
Running it thus — you'll tender me a fool.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- We will submit our tender to you within the week.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- [...] 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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit
|
|
See also
editVerb
edittender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
- (formal) To offer, to give.
- to tender one’s resignation
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- You see how all conditions, how all minds, […] tender down
Their services to Lord Timon.
- 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
- 1920 December 25, Motion Picture News, volume XXIII, number 1, page 225:
- Hank Mann Tenders You Holiday Greetings
- To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
edit
|
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ten‧der
Noun
edittender m (plural tenders, diminutive tendertje n)
- (finance) tender
- Het bedrijf heeft een tender ingediend om een bouwproject uit te voeren.
- The company submitted a tender to carry out a construction project.
- (rail transport) coal-car
- De trein had verschillende tenders gevuld met kolen om de locomotief van brandstof te voorzien.
- The train had several coal-cars filled with coal to provide fuel for the locomotive.
Synonyms
edit- (finance) aanbesteding
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: tender
Indonesian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Dutch tender: from English tender, from Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”), from Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
Noun
edittèndêr (first-person possessive tenderku, second-person possessive tendermu, third-person possessive tendernya)
- (trading) tender, anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
Synonyms
edit- sebut harga (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
editCompounds
editEtymology 2
editFrom Dutch tender, from English tender, tend + -er.
Noun
edittèndêr (first-person possessive tenderku, second-person possessive tendermu, third-person possessive tendernya)
Further reading
edit- “tender” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editVerb
edittender (apocopated)
Middle English
editNoun
edittender
- Alternative form of tinder
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittender m inan
- (rail transport) tender (railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)
- (nautical) tender (ship functioning as mobile base for other ships)
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- tender in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin tendere, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Pronunciation
edit
Verb
edittender (first-person singular present tendo, first-person singular preterite tendi, past participle tendido)
Conjugation
editRelated terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
edittender n (plural tendere)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tender | tenderul | (niște) tendere | tenderele |
genitive/dative | (unui) tender | tenderului | (unor) tendere | tenderelor |
vocative | tenderule | tenderelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin tendere, tendō, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittender (first-person singular present tiendo, first-person singular preterite tendí, past participle tendido)
- (intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
- (transitive) to spread, to stretch out
- (transitive) to lay (cable)
- (transitive) to make (a bed)
- (transitive) to hang up (clothes)
- (transitive) to build (a bridge across an expanse)
- (transitive) to extend (the hand)
- (transitive) to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
- (transitive) to cast (a net)
- (transitive) to set (a trap)
- (transitive) to coat (with plaster)
- (reflexive) to lay oneself down
Conjugation
editinfinitive | tender | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | tendiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tendido | tendida | |||||
plural | tendidos | tendidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tiendo | tiendestú tendésvos |
tiende | tendemos | tendéis | tienden | |
imperfect | tendía | tendías | tendía | tendíamos | tendíais | tendían | |
preterite | tendí | tendiste | tendió | tendimos | tendisteis | tendieron | |
future | tenderé | tenderás | tenderá | tenderemos | tenderéis | tenderán | |
conditional | tendería | tenderías | tendería | tenderíamos | tenderíais | tenderían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tienda | tiendastú tendásvos2 |
tienda | tendamos | tendáis | tiendan | |
imperfect (ra) |
tendiera | tendieras | tendiera | tendiéramos | tendierais | tendieran | |
imperfect (se) |
tendiese | tendieses | tendiese | tendiésemos | tendieseis | tendiesen | |
future1 | tendiere | tendieres | tendiere | tendiéremos | tendiereis | tendieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | tiendetú tendévos |
tienda | tendamos | tended | tiendan | ||
negative | no tiendas | no tienda | no tendamos | no tendáis | no tiendan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛndə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɛndə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Nautical
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English adverbs
- English verbs
- English terms with rare senses
- English terms with archaic senses
- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- en:Rail transportation
- en:Diving
- en:Law
- English formal terms
- en:Coal
- en:Pain
- en:Personality
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch terms with usage examples
- nl:Rail transportation
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle English
- Indonesian terms derived from Old French
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Trading
- id:Transport
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Italian apocopic forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛndɛr
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛndɛr/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Rail transportation
- pl:Nautical
- pl:Vehicles
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -er
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Rail transportation
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verbs with e-ie alternation
- Spanish intransitive verbs
- Spanish transitive verbs
- Spanish reflexive verbs