English Dictionary

tender

/ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/

adj

Sensitive or painful to the touch. / Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate. / Physically weak; not able to endure hardship. / (of food) Soft and easily chewed.

She winced as she touched the tender bruise on her arm.

意味（1）

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

[…]poore Lord, is't I

That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe

[…]poore Lord, is't I That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe Thoſe tender limbes of thine[…]

意味（2）

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

tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit

意味（3）

Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

the tender and delicate woman among you

意味（4）

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.

意味（5）

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

Our Bodies are not naturally more Tender than our Faces.

意味（6）

Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.

Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.

意味（7）

Young and inexperienced.

And you of tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by.

意味（8）

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

tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain

意味（9）

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

a tender subject

意味（10）

(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.

意味（11）

(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

I love Valentine,

I love Valentine, Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!

意味（12）

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

tender of property