Etymology: (1425–75; late ME; orig. aph. var. of attender)
Definition of 'tender'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)tender, legal tender, stamp something that can be used as an official medium of payment
2. (noun)attendant, attender, tender someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
3. (noun)bid, tender a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
4. (noun)tender car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5. (noun)tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter a boat for communication between ship and shore
6. (adj)tender, supply ship ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
7. (adj)tender given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
8. (adj)sensitive, sore, raw, tender hurting "the tender spot on his jaw"
9. (adj)tender young and immature "at a tender age"
10. (adj)affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm having or displaying warmth or affection "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
1. (adjective)tender gentle and kind a tender caress
2. tender ≠ tough
Definition of 'tender'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)tender one who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse
2. (noun)tender a vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like
3. (noun)tender a car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water
4. (noun)tender an offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest
5. (noun)tender any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract
6. (noun)tender the thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation
8. tender easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit
9. tender sensible to impression and pain; easily pained
10. tender physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate
11. tender susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic
13. tender careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of
14. tender unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild
15. tender adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
16. tender apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject
17. tender heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel
18. (verb)tender to offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt
Definitions of tender 
Afrikaans: versorger
Arabic: المُعْتَني
Bulgarian: гледач
Brazilian: encarregado
Czech: ošetřovatel, -ka
German: der/die Wächter(in)
Danish: vogter; -vogter; -passer
Greek: φροντιστής, υπεύθυνος
Spanish: guardián
Estonian: -pidaja, teenindaja
Farsi: مراقب
Finnish: hoitaja
French: gardien/-ienne
Hebrew: מְטַפּל
Hindi: निविदा
Croatian: njegovatelj, osoba koja o
Hungarian: gondozó
Indonesian: pengurus
Icelandic: afgreiðslumaður, barþjónn
Italian: guardiano, (chi bada a)
Japanese: 世話をする人
Korean: 돌보는 사람
Lithuanian: prižiūrėtojas, aptarnauto
Latvian: bārmenis
Malay: pelayan
Dutch: verzorger
Norwegian: -passer, gjeter
Polish: opiekun
Portuguese: encarregado
Romanian: persoană care are în grij
Russian: обслуживающее лицо
Slovak: ošetrovateľ, -ka
Slovenian: skrbnik
Serbian: čuvar
Swedish: skötare
Thai: คนเฝ้า
Turkish: hizmet eden kimse, bakıcı
Taiwanese: 看管人
Ukrainian: особа, що доглядає когось
Urdu: خبر گيري کرنے والا
Vietnamese: người trông nom
Chinese: 看管人
