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tender
  1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
  2. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
  3. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
  4. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “When Thomson Directories submitted their tender for the GPO contract, they proposed a drastic revision of the 154 telephone directories in Britain.”
      “The amount quoted in the tender shall be understood to be the sum payable monthly.”
      “Its value would depend on its being made legal tender, and that use as legal tender would be better fulfilled by paper money.”
tenderness
  1. a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
  2. concern for the feelings or welfare of others
  3. pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “There were no symptoms referable to bone lesion after tenderness of the wound had disappeared.”
      “A certain tenderness towards the children softened his heart and made him feel younger again.”
      “Something in his voice caused me to raise my eyes to his, finding there a tenderness I had not expected.”
tender
  1. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
  2. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
  3. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “When Thomson Directories submitted their tender for the GPO contract, they proposed a drastic revision of the 154 telephone directories in Britain.”
      “The amount quoted in the tender shall be understood to be the sum payable monthly.”
      “Its value would depend on its being made legal tender, and that use as legal tender would be better fulfilled by paper money.”
tenderizer
  1. Any substance added to meat before cooking in order to make it more tender, especially any source of the enzyme papain
  2. A form of mallet used to beat meat before cooking
  3. Examples:
    1. “The veal with black olives and mushrooms appeared to be liberally doused with meat tenderizer.”
      “Pineapple is somewhat of a meat tenderizer and its juice adds great flavor in marinades.”
      “Put the veal cutlets between two pieces of wax paper and smack them flat with a tenderizer.”
tender
  1. (obsolete) Regard; care; kind concern.
  2. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “When Thomson Directories submitted their tender for the GPO contract, they proposed a drastic revision of the 154 telephone directories in Britain.”
      “The amount quoted in the tender shall be understood to be the sum payable monthly.”
      “Its value would depend on its being made legal tender, and that use as legal tender would be better fulfilled by paper money.”
tendency
  1. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
  2. (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Guillen admits that his tendency to run off at the mouth can get him into trouble.”
      “The state's tendency towards a centralized regulatory model was based on the limitations of private capital.”
      “Woods tendency to warp and twist can cause any gate design to become misaligned.”
tenderling
  1. (archaic) One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
  2. (zoology) One of the first antlers of a deer.
tendance
  1. (archaic) The act of attending or waiting; attendance.
  2. (obsolete) Persons in attendance; attendants.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her tendance revived Wallace, but she kept up the outward pretence that he was dead.”
      “Her simple, kindly nature had turned in solicitude and affection to this springing life that responded to her tendance.”
      “Long nights, too, at first with hourly tendance and then presently without.”
tenderee
  1. One who tenders an offer or contract; a tenderer.
tendentiousness
  1. The characteristic of being tendentious.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A brief review of the data is sufficient to demonstrate the tendentiousness of the exercise.”
      “His books are model monographs, daunting in their research and free of tendentiousness.”
      “He criticizes the proletarian literature of his day for its tendentiousness.”
tenderer
  1. One who tenders (a bid, a contract, etc.).
tenderiser
  1. Alternative spelling of tenderizer
  2. Examples:
    1. “I feel as if I have been lightly pounded with a meat tenderiser from head to toe.”
tendry
  1. (obsolete) A tender; an offer.
tenderization
tenderor
  1. Alternative form of tenderer
tendence
  1. Obsolete form of tendency.
  2. Examples:
    1. Tendence is one of Germany's biggest trade shows in the second half of the year.”
      “Representing Namibia, Team Namibia leads a delegation to Germany to take part in the celebrated Tendence Trade Fair.”
      “Looking abroad, the Tendence Show, organized by Messe Frankfurt, takes place Aug.”
tending
tendre
  1. Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
tendering
tendentiousnesses
tendancy
  1. Misspelling of tendency.
tenderisers
  1. plural of tenderiser
tenderizers
  1. plural of tenderizer
  2. Examples:
    1. “Chemical tenderizers, using enzymes which break down proteins, can also be rubbed over meat before cooking.”
      “This additive is found in Chinese food, seasoned salt, meat tenderizers and soy sauce.”
      “Enzymes, such as papain from papaya and bromelain from pineapple, are used in extract form as meat tenderizers.”
tenderlings
  1. plural of tenderling
tendernesses
  1. plural of tenderness
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Smiley writes of the unexpected tendernesses and unacknowledged disappointments of ordinary lives.”
      “Leah Hager Cohen is one of our foremost chroniclers of the mundane complexities, nuanced tragedies and unexpected tendernesses of human connection.”
      “I felt as if I had come into the knowledge of those domestic weaknesses and tendernesses in a sacred confidence, and that to disclose them, even to Steerforth, would be wrong.”
tenderings
tendances
  1. plural of tendance
tenderees
  1. plural of tenderee
tenderers
  1. plural of tenderer
tenderors
  1. plural of tenderor
tendencies
  1. plural of tendency
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the real world, actual movements are made up of all manner of tendencies and impulses.”
      “The practice of ratooning exploits the perennial tendencies of some land-races and cultivars of sorghum.”
      “He's depicted as a mad, pugilistic photographer with misogynistic tendencies.”
tendings
tenders
tendries
  1. plural of tendry
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