tender

/ˈtendər/ adjective

Translation

GENTLE › kind and gentle

şefkatli, sevgi dolu

a tender kiss/look1026

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

yumuşak, kesimi kolay (et, sebze)

906

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

hassas, kolay etkilenen, dokununca acıyan, ağrılı

581

at the tender age of 8/17/25, etc literary › at the young age of 8/17/25, etc

8/17/25 vb. hassas yaşlarda

She first appeared on stage at the tender age of 14.1567

tenderness noun [U] ›

yumuşaklık, hassasiyet

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

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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