tender

1. (obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.Examples: "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."countableobsoleteuncountable

1. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.Examples: "To 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 […]."; "Putnam 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."archaic

2. (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.Examples: "The angrie king hath banished me the court: And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me, Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres."; "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 [sic] Princely preſence."; "And ſo good Capulet, which name I tender As dearely as my owne, be ſatisfied."archaic

1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.obsolete

2. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.Examples: "Half the coal was out of the tender, half the fire out of the box, half the trucks were off the track, so violent was the stopping."; "Of locomotive interest was "an engine house for spare engines which was about 60 ft. × 51 ft.; on the outside of this was an immense turntable sufficient to turn the engine and tender at once.""

3. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.Examples: "submarine tender"; "destroyer tender"

4. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.Examples: "The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m."; "A passenger on Cunard's Queen Elizabeth died this week following an accident while boarding from a tender (the small boats that carry passengers from ship to shore or port when the cruise ship anchors at sea). […] Gangway ramps can, on occasion, break free of either the ship or the tender, causing passengers or crew to fall into the sea."Synonyms: dinghy

5. (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.Examples: "Now, with scallop populations under pressure, Mr. Sewell is one of only about 30 active scallop divers left in his state. He and his tender, Jason Simmons, have harvested scallops together each winter and early spring for the past seven years. The rest of the year he catches bluefin tuna and dives for sea urchins."; "The first of two willful violations OSHA found were the diver and dive tender "performing dredging operations in a canal with zero-visibility, did not have the experience and training in the use of tools, equipment, systems, techniques, and emergency procedures which are required to perform these underwater tasks in a safe manner.""

1. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.Examples: "We will submit our tender to you within the week."

1. (formal) To offer, to give.Examples: "to tender one’s resignation"; "You see how all conditions, how all minds, […] tender down Their services to Lord Timon."; "1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save."formal