tender

/ˈtendər/ adjective

Definition

GENTLE › kind and gentle: a tender kiss/look

FOOD › Tender meat or vegetables are soft and easy to cut.

PAINFUL › If part of your body is tender, it is painful when you touch it.

at the tender age of 8/17/25, etc literary › at the young age of 8/17/25, etc: She first appeared on stage at the tender age of 14.

tenderness noun [U]

(Definition of tender adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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