n. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

n. a boat for communication between ship and shore

n. car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

n. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

n. something that can be used as an official medium of payment

v. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"

v. make a tender of; in legal settlements

v. offer or present for acceptance

v. propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

adj. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"

adj. (edible)

adj. young and immature; "at a tender age"

adj. easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"

adj. physically untoughened; "tender feet"

adj. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"