Meaning

12 senses
  1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.

    zart, empfindlich, sensibel

    не́жныйnéžnyj, чувстви́тельныйčuvstvítelʹnyj, уязви́мыйujazvímyj

  2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

    tender plants

    tender flesh

    хру́пкийxrúpkij, делика́тныйdelikátnyj

  3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

    physically untoughened

  4. Soft and easily chewed.

    zart, nachgiebig

    не́жныйnéžnyj

    ні́жнийnížnyj, тенді́тнийtendítnyj, деліка́тнийdelikátnyj

  5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

  6. Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.

    Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.

    zart, zärtlich, lieb

    не́жныйnéžnyj, ла́сковыйláskovyj

    ні́жнийnížnyj, ласка́вийlaskávyj

  7. Young and inexperienced.

    I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven.

    young and immature

  8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.

    tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain

  9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.

    a tender subject

  10. Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.

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

  11. (obsolete)Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

  12. (obsolete)Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.

Examples

102 sentences
  1. This beef is tender.

    Ця яловичина ніжна. — deniko

    ruЭта говядина нежная. — corvard

    deDas Rindfleisch ist zart. — Zaghawa

  2. She has a tender heart.

    У неї добре серце. — deniko

    ruУ неё доброе сердце. — Arkadeko

    deSie hat ein weiches Herz. — Zaghawa

  3. She gave him a tender kiss.

    ruОна его нежно поцеловала. — saiko

    deSie gab ihm einen zärtlichen Kuss. — Esperantostern

  4. Tom gave Mary a tender kiss.

    ruТом нежно поцеловал Мэри. — marafon

  5. Boil the potatoes until they are tender.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
soft and easily chewed:
fond, loving, gentle, sweet:
Русский
By meaning 3
sensitive or painful:
easy damaged, delicate:
fond, loving, gentle, sweet:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
sensitive or painful:
soft and easily chewed:
fond, loving, gentle, sweet:

Origin

From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tendre, Old French tendre, from Lat

From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tendre, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).

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Forms

tenderer, tenderest
Comparativetenderer Lesson
Superlativetenderest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
yielding, delicate:nesh
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

28 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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