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

tender - adjective

• given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
• easy to cut or chew
• physically untoughened
• 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

tender - thesaurus

affectionate   attendant   attender   bid   crank   cranky   cutter   fond   lovesome   offer   pinnace   raw   sensitive   sore   stamp   tenderise   tenderize   tippy   untoughened   warm