tendre
tendre is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, tendre is hyphenated as:
Definitions oftendre
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
Example: "tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit"
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
Example: "Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children."
- Young and inexperienced.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
Example: "tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain"
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
Example: "a tender subject"
- Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
- Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
- To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
- To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
- To work on a tender.
- To offer, to give.
Example: "to tender one’s resignation"
- To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
- Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
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