'tender' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'tender' with 10 example sentences.

tender adjective

: hurting

: young and immature

: having or displaying warmth or affection

: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

: easy to cut or chew

: physically untoughened

tender noun

: something that can be used as an official medium of payment

: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

: a boat for communication between ship and shore

: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

tender verb

: offer or present for acceptance

: propose a payment

: make a tender of; in legal settlements

: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

This meat is really tender.

She gave him a tender kiss.

Have you already heard that your firm has won the tender?

The soul of such a man is likely as tender as silk.

She has a tender heart.

Boil the potatoes until they are tender.

I hereby tender my resignation.

Tears rolled down her tender cheeks.

Old cows eat tender grass.

Is this money still legal tender?

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