Tender - English meaning

adjective

Having an ache in a part of one's body.

Usage examples:

The cool air was a relief to my aching head

verb

Suffer from a continuous dull pain.

Usage examples:

My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

verb

Present participle of ache

Usage examples:

My head/tooth/back aches., i ache/i'm aching all over., i've got one or two aching muscles after ye…

verb

Move forwards in a purposeful way.

Usage examples:

He advanced towards the dispatch box

noun

A forward movement.

Usage examples:

The rebels' advance on madrid was well under way

adjective

Done, sent, or supplied beforehand.

Usage examples:

Advance notice

adjective

Well meaning and kindly.

Usage examples:

He was something of a benevolent despot

adjective

Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

adjective

Kind and helpful

Usage examples:

He was a benevolent old man and wouldn't hurt a fly.

verb

Offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

A consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box

noun

An offer of a price, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

At the fur tables, several buyers make bids for the pelts

verb

Utter (a greeting or farewell) to.

Usage examples:

James bade a tearful farewell to his parents

adjective

(of a person or body part) having a bruise or bruises.

Usage examples:

A bruised knee

verb

Inflict a bruise or bruises on (a part of the body).

Usage examples:

I fell and bruised my knee

adjective

Having bruises

Usage examples:

A bruised shoulder/knee/elbow, she was badly bruised but otherwise unhurt.

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

adjective

Producing flames

Usage examples:

A man staggered from the burning car.

adjective

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

Usage examples:

Earnest and callow undergraduates

adjective

Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows they have little experience, confidence, or judgment

Usage examples:

Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in paris.

adjective

Displaying kindness and concern for others.

Usage examples:

A caring and invaluable friend

noun

The work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially on account of age or illness.

Usage examples:

The caring professions

verb

Feel concern or interest; attach importance to something.

Usage examples:

They don't care about human life

adjective

Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

Usage examples:

I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds

adjective

Feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to help them

Usage examples:

The public's response to the crisis appeal was generous and compassionate., he was a wonderful list…

adjective

A reason, especially in law, to allow someone to do something out of sympathy for their suffering

Usage examples:

The question was whether the court should release him on compassionate grounds because of his health.

adjective

Happening or done before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

We ate an early lunch

adverb

Before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

I was planning to finish work early today

noun

Potatoes which are ready to be harvested before the main crop.

Usage examples:

The versatile early potato solanum tuberosum has many varieties, which have their own distinct seas…

adjective

Fit to be consumed as food.

Usage examples:

Eatable fruits

noun

Items of food.

Usage examples:

Parcels of eatables and gifts

adjective

Food that is eatable is good enough to eat, but not excellent.

adjective

Fit or suitable to be eaten.

Usage examples:

The shrub has small edible berries

noun

Items of food.

Usage examples:

The farm grows a variety of tropical plants yielding an amazing assortment of fruits and other edib…

adjective

Suitable or safe for eating

Usage examples:

Only the leaves of the plant are edible.

verb

Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.

Usage examples:

The aim is to estimate the effects of macroeconomic policy on the economy

noun

An approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

Usage examples:

At a rough estimate, staff are recycling a quarter of paper used

verb

Judge tentatively

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Usage examples:

The car park has been extended

verb

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb

To reach, continue, or stretch

Usage examples:

[ i ] farmland extends for miles in every direction., [ i ] the meeting extended into the late hour…

adjective

Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a father, especially in being protective and affectionate.

Usage examples:

He gave me such a kind and fatherly look

adjective

Used to describe a man or male behaviour typical of a kind and loving father

Usage examples:

Fatherly advice

noun

An emotional state or reaction.

Usage examples:

A feeling of joy

adjective

Showing emotion or sensitivity.

Usage examples:

She was a feeling child

verb

Be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched.

Usage examples:

She felt someone touch her shoulder

adjective

Showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected.

Usage examples:

A generous benefactor to the university

adjective

Willing to give and share unstintingly

adjective

(of someone) willing to give help or support, esp. more than is usual or expected, or (of something) larger than usual or expected

Usage examples:

A generous donor, food in generous portions, please give generously to those in need.

adjective

Having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character.

Usage examples:

A gentle, sensitive man

verb

Make or become gentle.

Usage examples:

Cobb's tone gentled a little

noun

A maggot, especially the larva of a blowfly, used as bait.

Usage examples:

He put the gentle on the hook

verb

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She gave him presents and clothes

noun

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure.

Usage examples:

Plastic pots that have enough give to accommodate the vigorous roots

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract

adjective

Providing love or other emotional support; caring.

Usage examples:

He was very giving and supportive

verb

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She gave him presents and clothes

noun

The act of providing money for something, especially to a charity or other good cause

Usage examples:

Corporate giving has declined markedly since the beginning of the recession., charitable giving can…

adjective

Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

Usage examples:

Her flashing green eyes

noun

Green colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Major roads are marked in green

verb

Make or become green in colour.

Usage examples:

The roof was greening with lichen

adjective

Having or showing compassion or benevolence.

Usage examples:

Regulations ensuring the humane treatment of animals

adjective

Showing kindness, care, and sympathy toward others, esp. those who are suffering

Usage examples:

She felt it was more humane to kill the injured animal quickly than to let it suffer.

adjective

Showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering

Usage examples:

The humane way of dealing with a suffering animal (= the way that causes the least pain) is to kill…

verb

Cause pain or injury to.

Usage examples:

Ow! you're hurting me!

adjective

Physically injured.

Usage examples:

He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight

noun

Physical injury; harm.

Usage examples:

Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt

adjective

Not fully developed.

Usage examples:

Many of the fish caught are immature

adjective

Not completely developed physically, mentally, or emotionally, or lacking the expected type of responsible behavior for your age

Usage examples:

Some of the boys in my class are so immature – they’re always doing silly things., physical/emotion…

adjective

Not behaving in a way that is as calm and wise as people expect from someone of your age

Usage examples:

Stop being so silly and immature, chris!, she's rather immature for her age, don't you think?

adjective

Easily influenced.

Usage examples:

Children are highly impressionable and susceptible to advertising

adjective

Easily influenced

Usage examples:

He’s at an impressionable age.

adjective

Easily influenced by other people, especially because you are young

Usage examples:

At that impressionable age he's at that impressionable age when he's very easily led by other child…

adjective

Having little knowledge or experience of a particular thing.

Usage examples:

An inexperienced driver

adjective

Having little knowledge or experience

Usage examples:

They are young inexperienced parents and need support.

adjective

(of strong feelings) provoked or intensified.

Usage examples:

Inflamed passions overrode reasoning

verb

Provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone.

Usage examples:

High fines further inflamed public feelings

adjective

(of a part of the body) red, sore, and often swollen, esp. because of infection

Usage examples:

An inflamed tendon in his right shoulder kept him out of the game., [ c ] tennis elbow is an inflam…

adjective

Harmed, damaged, or impaired.

Usage examples:

A road accident left him severely injured

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Usage examples:

The explosion injured several people

adjective

Hurt or physically harmed

Usage examples:

She was told to stay in bed to rest her injured back.

adjective

Showing or feeling slight anger; annoyed.

Usage examples:

The irritated look on alec's face

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

adjective

Annoyed

Usage examples:

I began to get increasingly irritated by/at her questions.

adjective

(of food) full of juice; succulent.

Usage examples:

A juicy apple

adjective

Full of juice or juices and therefore enjoyable to eat

Usage examples:

A juicy orange/steak, a bit of juicy gossip

adjective

Juicy foods contain a lot of juice and are enjoyable to eat

Usage examples:

A nice juicy orange/steak

adjective

For or relating to young people.

Usage examples:

Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

Usage examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

noun

A group of people or things having similar characteristics.

Usage examples:

All kinds of music

adjective

Having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature.

Usage examples:

She was a good, kind woman

Having a tender and considerate and helpful nature

adjective

(of a person) showing a lot of care and kindness for other people

adverb

In a kind manner.

Usage examples:

‘never mind,’ she said kindly

adjective

Kind, warm-hearted, or gentle.

Usage examples:

He was a quiet, kindly man

adjective

(of a person) having a character that is generous, helpful, and caring about other people

Usage examples:

A kindly man, they treated me kindly.

adjective

Relating to a mother, especially during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth.

Usage examples:

Maternal care

adjective

Behaving or feeling as a mother does toward her child

Usage examples:

Maternal instincts, alice’s maternal grandmother (= her mother’s mother) will be 90 next month.

adjective

Not severe, serious, or harsh.

Usage examples:

Mild criticism

noun

A kind of dark beer not strongly flavoured with hops.

Usage examples:

They still brew a delicious dark mild which is one of my favourite drinks.

adjective

Of, resembling, or characteristic of a mother, especially in being caring, protective, and kind.

Usage examples:

She held both her arms wide in a gesture of motherly love

adjective

Typical of a kind or caring mother

verb

Present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired.

Usage examples:

May i offer you a drink?

noun

An expression of readiness to do or give something if desired.

Usage examples:

Sympathetic offers of help

verb

Present for acceptance or rejection

adjective

(of a part of the body) affected with pain.

Usage examples:

Her ankle was very painful

adjective

Causing emotional or physical pain

Usage examples:

The old photograph brought back painful memories., a painful injury forced her to withdraw from the…

adjective

In a particular place.

Usage examples:

A doctor must be present at the ringside

noun

The period of time now occurring.

Usage examples:

They are happy and at peace, refusing to think beyond the present

verb

Give or award formally or ceremonially.

Usage examples:

The duke presented certificates to the men

noun

The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.

Usage examples:

Land could be sold for a high price

verb

Decide the amount required as payment for (something offered for sale).

Usage examples:

The watches are priced at £55

noun

The amount of money for which something is sold or offered for sale

Usage examples:

High/low prices, the price of gas went up five cents a gallon., the car is priced at $24,000.

verb

Hold out or put forward (something) to someone for acceptance.

Usage examples:

She proffered a glass of wine

noun

An offer or proposal.

Usage examples:

And then, as i found out only the same day, on march 23 of 1983, he, in a five-minute segment at th…

noun

A plan or suggestion, especially a formal or written one, put forward for consideration by others.

Usage examples:

A set of proposals for a major new high-speed rail link

verb

Put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others.

Usage examples:

He proposed a new nine-point peace plan

verb

To suggest or state (a possible plan or action) for consideration

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] she proposed to keep the schools open all summer., [ + that clause ] it has oft…

verb

To give someone a plan or idea to consider

Usage examples:

She proposed a tax reform designed to make basic insurance more affordable., propose to do sth he i…

noun

A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.

Usage examples:

A quotation from mark twain

noun

A group of words from a book, play, speech, etc., that are repeated by someone who did not write them

Usage examples:

A quotation from shakespeare prefaces the novel., he called back to say the price quotes were "not …

noun

A statement of how much a job, service, or product will cost

Usage examples:

A quotation for sth you can request a quotation for professional indemnity insurance online., get/g…

verb

Repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person).

Usage examples:

I realized she was quoting passages from shakespeare

noun

A quotation from a text or speech.

Usage examples:

A quote from wordsworth

adjective

(of food) not cooked.

Usage examples:

Raw eggs

adjective

Of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies.

Usage examples:

Her red lips

noun

Red colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Their work is marked in red by the teacher

prefix

Variant spelling of re- before a vowel (as in redolent ).

verb

Provide or give (a service, help, etc.).

Usage examples:

Money serves as a reward for services rendered

noun

A first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.

Usage examples:

Set stainless steel beads in position and apply scratch coat render at a thickness of 6/8mm.

verb

Give or supply

adjective

(of fruit or grain) developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.

Usage examples:

A ripe tomato

adjective

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

Usage examples:

The new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones

noun

A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.

Usage examples:

Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiqu…

adjective

Having or showing awareness and understanding, esp. of other people’s feelings and needs

Usage examples:

My experience made me very sensitive to the suffering of others., tom is extremely sensitive about …

noun

The fact or sensation of feeling a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Ammonia can cause smarting of the eyes and breathing difficulties

adjective

(of part of the body) feeling a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Susan rubbed her smarting eyes

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

adjective

Easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch.

Usage examples:

Soft margarine

adverb

(of a consonant) pronounced as a fricative (as c in ice ).

adjective

Not hard or firm; changing its shape when pressed

Usage examples:

The crabs are plucked from the water before their soft shells have had a chance to harden., the bab…

adjective

Kind and willing to help other people

adjective

(of a part of one's body) painful or aching.

Usage examples:

She had a sore throat

noun

A raw or painful place on the body.

Usage examples:

All of us had sores and infections on our hands

adverb

Extremely; severely.

Usage examples:

They were sore afraid

adjective

Having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting.

Usage examples:

A swarm of stinging insects

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

Usage examples:

He was stung by a jellyfish

noun

The action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person.

Usage examples:

They were forced into submission

verb

Accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person.

Usage examples:

The original settlers were forced to submit to bulgarian rule

verb

Yield to the control of another

adjective

(of food) tender, juicy, and tasty.

Usage examples:

A succulent steak

noun

A succulent plant.

Usage examples:

A book on cacti and succulents

adjective

(of food) pleasantly juicy

Usage examples:

The sirloin is a quality piece of meat, tender and succulent.

verb

Put forward for consideration.

Usage examples:

I suggest that we wait a day or two

verb

To mention an idea, possible plan, or action for other people to consider

Usage examples:

They were wondering where to hold the office party and i suggested the italian restaurant on main s…

adjective

Feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.

Usage examples:

She was sympathetic towards staff with family problems

adjective

Showing, esp. by what you say, that you understand and care about someone’s problems or suffering

Usage examples:

He suffers from back trouble too, so he was sympathetic., we are sympathetic to that point of view …

adjective

Very kind and showing a lot of sympathy

verb

Make (meat) more tender by beating or slow cooking.

Usage examples:

Marinading will add spice and also tenderize the meat

verb

Past simple and past participle of tenderize

adjective

Beating with a strong, regular rhythm; pulsating.

Usage examples:

Throbbing dance music

verb

Beat or sound with a strong, regular rhythm; pulsate steadily.

Usage examples:

The war drums throbbed

noun

Present participle of throb

Usage examples:

The propeller noise changed from the normal dull throbbing to a rapidly ascending whine., he was gr…

adjective

(of food) not flavoured with salt, pepper, or other spices.

Usage examples:

Her cooking was too bland and unseasoned for sara's travelled palate

adjective

Unseasoned food has not had salt, pepper, herbs, or spices added to it

Usage examples:

Add the unseasoned breadcrumbs., add salt if you use unseasoned chicken stock., he makes sculptures…

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

Usage examples:

An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

Usage examples:

He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.

adjective

Of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature.

Usage examples:

A warm september evening

verb

Make or become warm.

Usage examples:

I stamped my feet to warm them up

noun

A warm place or area.

Usage examples:

Stay in the warm, i've made up the fire for you

adjective

Kind and affectionate

Usage examples:

He was a warm-hearted man who helped me when i needed a friend.

phrase

Lacking experience; immature.

Usage examples:

He's a nice young fellow but a bit wet behind the ears

idiom

To be young and without experience

adjective

Inflicted with a wound; injured.

Usage examples:

A wounded soldier

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

adjective

Offended or upset by what someone has said or done

Usage examples:

A wounded expression, wounded pride, a wounded soldier, ambulances took the wounded to nearby hospi…

adjective

Having lived or existed for only a short time.

Usage examples:

A young girl

noun

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.

Usage examples:

Many grebes carry their young on their backs

adjective

(esp. of something living) at an early stage of development or existence; not old

Usage examples:

Young children should not be left alone at home., i work with wonderful young people mostly in thei…

adjective

Young or seeming young.

Usage examples:

People aspiring to remain youthful

adjective

Characteristic of young people, or relating to the period of life when you are young

Usage examples:

Her youthful enthusiasm always makes her seem ageless., her voice has just the right mix of maturit…

adjective

Having the qualities that are typical of young people

Usage examples:

At the time i admired his youthful enthusiasm., she has very youthful skin.