Tender

tender, n. a small ve el that attends a larger with stores, Sic. a carriage attached to locomotives, to supply fuel and water. Tender, tend'er, v to stretch out or offer for acceptance. —«. an offer or proposal, csp. of some service the thing offered, Tender, ten'der, ndj soft, delicate easily impre ed or injured not hardy fragile weak and feeble easily moved to pity, love, . careful not to injure (followed by of) unwilling to cause pain apt to cause pain expre ive of the softer pa ions compa ionate adv. T0H'- dorly. n. Ton'derne . [Fr. tendre —\^.tener; conn with ten do, Gr. ieind, to stretch, and therefore sig ‘that may be stretched.’] Tender-hearted, ten'der-hurt'ed, adj, having ure.U tenderne of heart full of feeling, Tendon, ten' don, u. a hard, strong cord or bundle of fibres by which a muscle is attached to a bone [Fr. tendon— L. ten do to stretch Gr. — tenon tciufl, tu stretch.] Tendril, ten'dnl, «. a slender, spiral shoot of a — plant by which attaches itself for support adj. clasping or climbing. [From Fr. tendre - tenet, tender]