What is the meaning of tender?

noun

• Something that can be used as an official medium of payment.
  • synonyms: legal tender, stamp
• Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another.
  • synonyms: attendant, attender
• A formal proposal to buy at a specified price.
  • synonyms: bid
• Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water.
• A boat for communication between ship and shore.
  • synonyms: ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
• Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships.
  • synonyms: supply ship

verb

• Offer or present for acceptance.
• Propose a payment.
  • usage: "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
  • synonyms: offer, bid
• Make a tender of; in legal settlements.
• Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.
  • usage: "tenderize meat"
  • synonyms: tenderize, tenderise

adjective

• Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality.
  • usage: "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
• Hurting.
  • usage: "the tender spot on his jaw"
  • synonyms: sensitive, sore, raw
• Young and immature.
  • usage: "at a tender age"
• Having or displaying warmth or affection.
  • usage: "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
  • synonyms: affectionate, fond, lovesome, warm
• Easy to cut or chew.
  • usage: "tender beef"
• Physically untoughened.
  • usage: "tender feet"
  • synonyms: untoughened
• Used of boats. ( inclined to heel over easily under sail)
  • synonyms: crank, cranky, tippy
• Of plants. ( not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition)
  • usage: "tender green shoots"