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tender

noun: something that can be used as an official medium of payment

noun: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

noun: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

noun: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

noun: a boat for communication between ship and shore

noun: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

verb: offer or present for acceptance

verb: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

verb: make a tender of; in legal settlements

verb: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"

adj: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"

adj: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"

adj: young and immature; "at a tender age"

adj: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"

adj: easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"

adj: physically untoughened; "tender feet"

adj: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

adj: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"