adj.
1.given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
2.hurting
3.susceptible to physical or emotional injury
4.having or displaying warmth or affection
5.easy to cut or chew
6.physically untoughened
7.(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
8.(of plants) not hardy tender n.
1.something used as an official medium of payment
2.someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
3.a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
4.car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5.a boat for communication between ship and shore
6.ship that usually provides supplies to other ships tender v.
1.offer or present for acceptance
2.propose a payment
3.make a tender of
4.make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer