Tender

Hindi Meaning

English Meaning

1. Easily crushed or bruised; fragile: a tender petal.
2. Easily chewed or cut: tender beef.
3. Young and vulnerable: of tender age.
4. Frail; delicate.
5. Sensitive to frost or severe cold; not hardy: tender green shoots.
6. Easily hurt; sensitive: tender skin.
7. Painful; sore: a tender tooth.
8. Considerate and protective; solicitous: a tender mother; his tender concern.
9. Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving: a tender glance; a tender ballad.
10. Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft: a tender heart.
11. Nautical Likely to heel easily under sail; crank.
12. To make tender.
13. Archaic To treat with tender regard.
14. A formal offer, as:
15. Law An offer of money or service in payment of an obligation.
16. A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.
17. Something, especially money, offered in payment.
18. To offer formally: tender a letter of resignation. See Synonyms at offer.
19. One who tends something: a lathe tender.
20. Nautical A vessel attendant on other vessels, especially one that ferries supplies between ship and shore.
21. A railroad car attached to the rear of a locomotive and designed to carry fuel and water.