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Tender is a related term of good.

As a noun tender

is (label) (l) (fuel-carrying railroad car).

As a proper noun good is

tender

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) tendre, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

* 1597 , , All's Well that Ends Well , 3,2:

* 2006 , Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character), Shrek (movie)

Be careful: that area is tender .

Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 56

the tender and delicate woman among you

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

* 2001 , Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)

The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender , succulent, and juicy.

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

* L'Estrange

Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.

Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.

* Bible, James v. 11

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

* Shakespeare

You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, / Will never do him good.

* Fuller

I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.

Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.

Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.

* Francis Bacon

Things that are tender and unpleasing.

(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.

(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

* Shakespeare

I love Valentine, / Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!

(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of .

* Burke

tender of property

* Tillotson

The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* chicken tender * frost-tender * tenderise, tenderize * tenderly * tenderness * tender loving care, TLC * tenderfoot

Verb

(en verb)

To make tender or delicate; to weaken.

*, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:

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 [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:

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.

to feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.

* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , 3,1 (First Folio edition):

And ?o good Capulet , which name I tender
As dearely as my owne, be ?atisfied.

Noun

(obsolete) regard; care; kind concern

Thou makest some tender of my life / In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me.

The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Etymology 2

From .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.

(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.

Synonyms

* (smaller boat) dinghy

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(formal) To offer, to give.

* Shakespeare

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.

to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

Synonyms

* offer

Derived terms

* tenderable * to tender something out

Noun

(en noun)

A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

(legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something.

Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

* 1599 ,

[...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.

Anagrams

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good

English

(wikipedia good)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) good, from (etyl) . Related to gather.

Alternative forms

* (poetic contraction)

Adjective

(lb) Of people.

#Acting in the interest of good; ethical.

#*1891 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.6

#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.

#Competent or talented.

#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.

#*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2

, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.

(lb)

#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.

#*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan

, title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.

#Effective.

#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

#(lb) Real; actual; serious.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Love no man in good earnest.

(lb) Of properties and qualities.

#(lb)

##Edible; not stale or rotten.

##:

##Having a particularly pleasant taste.

##:

##* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: 374760, page 11:

Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke

##* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:

dorr?̅', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and ' god Almande mylk.

##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.

##:

#Healthful.

#Pleasant; enjoyable.

#Favourable.

#Beneficial; worthwhile.

#*, chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

#Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.

(lb) With "and", extremely.

(lb) Holy.

(lb) Of quantities.

#Reasonable in amount.

#Large in amount or size.

#*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.

#Entire.

#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

Synonyms

* (having positive attributes) not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent * (healthful) well * (competent or talented) accomplished

Antonyms

* (having positive attributes) bad, poor * (ethical) bad, evil

Derived terms

* come from a good place * do well by doing good * fight the good fight * for good * good afternoon * good and * * good books * goodbye * good day * good drunk * gooden * good-for-nothing * good graces * good grief * goodish * good job * good morning * goodly * goodness * good night * good to go * good works * the good die young * too much of a good thing

Interjection

(en interjection)

That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

Good! I can leave now.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , all from the adjective.

Adverb

(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.

* 1906 , Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley

If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good . You're big enough to do it.

* 2007 April 19, , WHYY, Pennsylvania [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874]

The one thing that we can't do...''is throw out the baby with the bathwater.''...'' We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this''... high-quality website.

Derived terms

* but good

Etymology 3

From (etyl) good, god, from (etyl) .

Noun

(uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

* , chapter=13

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good .}}

(countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.

(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.

* Bible, Psalms iv. 6

There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?

* Jay

The good' of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the ' good of each of the members composing it.

(countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.

* (William Shakespeare)

Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.

Antonyms

* (forces of good) bad, evil * (positive result) bad

Derived terms

* (item of merchandise) capital goods, consumer goods

Etymology 4

From (etyl) goden, godien, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.

To make good; turn to good; improve.

To make improvements or repairs.

To benefit; gain.

To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.

To satisfy; indulge; gratify.

To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.

Derived terms

* (l)

Etymology 5

From English dialectal, from (etyl) , ultimately from the adjective. See above.

Verb

(en verb)

To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

(Bishop Hall)

Derived terms

* (l)

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