{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "ˈtɛndər" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/tender.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/tender.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/tender.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).", "From Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above).", "From Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above).", "From tend +‎ -er. Compare attender (“one who attends”).\n\nDiagram of a steam locomotive. Tender is #6.", "From Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Sensitive or painful to the touch." }, { "mean": "Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.\ntender plants\ntender flesh\ntender fruit" }, { "mean": "Physically weak; not able to endure hardship." }, { "mean": "(of food) Soft and easily chewed." }, { "mean": "Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained." }, { "mean": "Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.\nSuzanne was such a tender mother to her children." }, { "mean": "Young and inexperienced." }, { "mean": "Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.\ntender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain" }, { "mean": "Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.\na tender subject" }, { "mean": "(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.\nc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 72, column 1:Stay, and breath awhile. Thou haſt redeem'd thy loſt opinion And ſhew'd thou makeſt ſome tender of my life In this faire reſcue thou haſt brought to mee." }, { "mean": "The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "tenderly\nLove me tender, love me sweet Never let me go" } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.\n1624, Democritus Junior , The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:\nTo such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths .\nc. 1947, Putnam Fadeless Dyes :\nPutnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously." }, { "mean": "(archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.\n1594 (first publication), Christopher Marlow, The Trovblesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edvvard the Second, King of England: , London: for Henry Bell, , published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):The angrie king hath banished me the court:And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me,Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres.\n1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 23, column 1:Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech,In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue,Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince,And free from other misbegotten hate,Come I appealant to rhis Princely preſence.\nc. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :And ſo good Capulet, which name I tenderAs dearely as my owne, be ſatisfied." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone." }, { "mean": "(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water." }, { "mean": "(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.\nsubmarine tender\ndestroyer tender" }, { "mean": "(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To work on a tender.\n1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 103:Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.\n\nYou offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!" }, { "mean": "A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.\nYour credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.\nlegal tender" }, { "mean": "(law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.\nWe will submit our tender to you within the week." }, { "mean": "Any offer or proposal made for acceptance." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(formal) To offer, to give.\nto tender one’s resignation" }, { "mean": "to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(soft, yielding, delicate): nesh", "See also Thesaurus:affectionate" ], "kor": [ "", "" ] } } }