Definitions of tender:

• noun:   ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
• noun:   a boat for communication between ship and shore
• noun:   car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
• noun:   something used as an official medium of payment
• noun:   a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
• noun:   someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
• verb:   make a tender of; in legal settlements
• verb:   offer or present for acceptance
• verb:   make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

  Example: "Tenderize meat"

• verb:   propose a payment
• adjective:   susceptible to physical or emotional injury

  Example: "At a tender age"

• adjective:   easy to cut or chew

  Example: "Tender beef"

• adjective:   physically untoughened

  Example: "Tender feet"

• adjective:   given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

  Example: "A tender heart"

• adjective:   (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

  Example: "Tender green shoots"

• adjective:   hurting

  Example: "The tender spot on his jaw"

• adjective:   (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
• adjective:   having or displaying warmth or affection

  Example: "A tender glance"