tender

IPA: tˈɛndɝ

(obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
(diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
(law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

Sensitive or painful to the touch.
Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
(of food) Soft and easily chewed.
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
Young and inexperienced.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.

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