tender
adjective/ˈtendər/
(comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)
more tender and most tender are also commonСлово англійською: tender
Переклад tender українською: ні́жний (почуття́ і т. д.), бо́лісний, болю́чий, делікатний, навратливий, обережний, пестивий, слабкий, тендітний
Детальний опис
- kind, gentle and loving
- tender words
- What he needs now is a lot of tender loving care (= sympathetic treatment).
- (of food) easy to bite through and cut
- This meat is extremely tender.
- Boil the beans until they are tender.
- four large slices of tender chicken
Wordfinder- chewy
- creamy
- crisp
- crunchy
- greasy
- juicy
- mushy
- rubbery
- tender
- tough
- (of part of the body) painful when you touch it synonym sore
- My leg is still very tender where I banged it.
- The back of my neck feels very tender.
- easily hurt or damaged synonym delicate
- tender young plants
Word Originadjective Middle English: from Old French tendre, from Latin tener ‘tender, delicate’.
Idioms
at a tender age | at the tender age of…
- used in connection with somebody who is still young and does not have much experience
- He left home at the tender age of 15.
- She shouldn't be having to deal with problems like this at such a tender age.