tender (soft, delicate)

(transitive) to tighten / (transitive) to stretch out / (intransitive, ~ vers) to tend (to infinity) / (intransitive, ~ vers) to strive (for) / (reflexive) to become taut

to prick up one's ears, to pin one's ears back, to strain one's ears (to listen carefully)

(transitive) to underlie; to form the basis of / (geometry) to subtend

(transitive with à) (figuratively) to reach out to (someone), to welcome (someone) with open arms

to throw someone a line, to give one a helping hand, to make it easier for someone / to give the opportunity to somebody to talk about a given subject; to give someone an opening

(figuratively, transitive with à) to extend a hand to someone, to offer a helping hand to someone

(figuratively) to turn the other cheek

Alternative form of tendre la perche

tenderness