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tender

See also: ténder and tênder

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).

Adjective

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tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)

  1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
  2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
    tender plants
    tender flesh
    tender fruit
  3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
  4. (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.
  5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 […] .
  8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
    tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
  9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
    a tender subject
  10. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
  11. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
  12. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
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Noun

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tender (countable and uncountable, plural tenders)

  1. (obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
  2. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

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tender (comparative more tender, superlative most tender)

  1. tenderly

Etymology 3

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From Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

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tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

  1. (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.
  2. (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.

Etymology 4

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From tend +‎ -er. Compare attender (“one who attends”).

 
Diagram of a steam locomotive. Tender is #6.

Noun

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tender (plural tenders)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
  2. (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."
  3. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
    submarine tender
    destroyer tender
  4. (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.
  5. (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."
  6. Short for water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
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Verb

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tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

  1. 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

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From Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”).

Noun

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tender (plural tenders)

  1. 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.
      Herein, the Bard plays with the word "tender" most liberally. The boldened instance of the word is that which pertains to the instant sense.
  3. 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.
    legal tender
  5. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
    We will submit our tender to you within the week.
  6. 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.
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Verb

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tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

  1. (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
  2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tender.

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  • Hyphenation: ten‧der

Noun

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tender m (plural tenders, diminutive tendertje n)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

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  • → Indonesian: tender

Indonesian

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛndər]
  • Hyphenation: tèn‧dêr

Etymology 1

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From Dutch tender: from English tender, from Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”), from Latin tendere.

Noun

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tèndêr (plural tender-tender)

  1. (trading) tender, anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch tender, from English tender, tend +‎ -er.

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tèndêr (plural tender-tender)

  1. (transport) tender: a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

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Italian

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tender (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of tendere

Middle English

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tender

  1. Alternative form of tinder

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tender.

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tender m inan

  1. (rail transport) tender (railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)
  2. (nautical) tender (ship functioning as mobile base for other ships)

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Declension of tender
singular plural
nominative tender tendry
genitive tendra tendrów
dative tendrowi tendrom
accusative tender tendry
instrumental tendrem tendrami
locative tendrze tendrach
vocative tendrze tendry

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Further reading

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  • tender in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Latin tendere, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Verb

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tender (first-person singular present tendo, first-person singular preterite tendi, past participle tendido)

  1. to tend
  2. to trend
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    Conjugation of tender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal tender
Personal tender tenderes tender tendermos tenderdes tenderem
Gerund
tendendo
Past participle
Masculine tendido tendidos
Feminine tendida tendidas
Indicative
Present tendo tendes tende tendemos tendeis tendem
Imperfect tendia tendias tendia tendíamos tendíeis tendiam
Preterite tendi tendeste tendeu tendemos tendestes tenderam
Pluperfect tendera tenderas tendera tendêramos tendêreis tenderam
Future tenderei tenderás tenderá tenderemos tendereis tenderão
Conditional tenderia tenderias tenderia tenderíamos tenderíeis tenderiam
Subjunctive
Present tenda tendas tenda tendamos tendais tendam
Imperfect tendesse tendesses tendesse tendêssemos tendêsseis tendessem
Future tender tenderes tender tendermos tenderdes tenderem
Imperative
Affirmative tende tenda tendamos tendei tendam
Negative (não) não tendas não tenda não tendamos não tendais não tendam
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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tender (first-person singular present tendo, first-person singular preterite tendi, past participle tendido)

  1. (informal) Clipping of entender.
    Tendeu o que eu disse?
    Did you understand what I said?

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tender.

Noun

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tender n (plural tendere)

  1. (rail transport) tender

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tender tenderul tendere tenderele
genitive-dative tender tenderului tendere tenderelor
vocative tenderule tenderelor

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tendere, tendō, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

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  • IPA(key): /tenˈdeɾ/ [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: ten‧der

Verb

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tender (first-person singular present tiendo, first-person singular preterite tendí, past participle tendido)

  1. (intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
  2. (transitive) to spread, to stretch out
  3. (transitive) to lay (cable)
  4. (transitive) to make (a bed)
  5. (transitive) to hang up (clothes)
  6. (transitive) to build (a bridge across an expanse)
  7. (transitive) to extend (the hand)
  8. (transitive) to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
  9. (transitive) to cast (a net)
  10. (transitive) to set (a trap)
  11. (transitive) to coat (with plaster)
  12. (reflexive) to lay oneself down

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    Conjugation of tender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive 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

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tender (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive tender dative tenderme tenderte tenderle, tenderse tendernos tenderos tenderles, tenderse
accusative tenderme tenderte tenderlo, tenderla, tenderse tendernos tenderos tenderlos, tenderlas, tenderse
with gerund tendiendo dative tendiéndome tendiéndote tendiéndole, tendiéndose tendiéndonos tendiéndoos tendiéndoles, tendiéndose
accusative tendiéndome tendiéndote tendiéndolo, tendiéndola, tendiéndose tendiéndonos tendiéndoos tendiéndolos, tendiéndolas, tendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tiende dative tiéndeme tiéndete tiéndele tiéndenos not used tiéndeles
accusative tiéndeme tiéndete tiéndelo, tiéndela tiéndenos not used tiéndelos, tiéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tendé dative tendeme tendete tendele tendenos not used tendeles
accusative tendeme tendete tendelo, tendela tendenos not used tendelos, tendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative tienda dative tiéndame not used tiéndale, tiéndase tiéndanos not used tiéndales
accusative tiéndame not used tiéndalo, tiéndala, tiéndase tiéndanos not used tiéndalos, tiéndalas
with first-person plural imperative tendamos dative not used tendámoste tendámosle tendámonos tendámoos tendámosles
accusative not used tendámoste tendámoslo, tendámosla tendámonos tendámoos tendámoslos, tendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tended dative tendedme not used tendedle tendednos tendeos tendedles
accusative tendedme not used tendedlo, tendedla tendednos tendeos tendedlos, tendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tiendan dative tiéndanme not used tiéndanle tiéndannos not used tiéndanles, tiéndanse
accusative tiéndanme not used tiéndanlo, tiéndanla tiéndannos not used tiéndanlos, tiéndanlas, tiéndanse

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