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

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

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

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) to turn the other cheek

Alternative form of tendre la perche

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

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

second-person plural future of tendre