{
    "term": "tender",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "kind, gentle and loving",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "tender words"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What he needs now is a lot of **tender loving care** *(= sympathetic treatment)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt tender and loving towards her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her expression became soft, almost tender."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The letters to Penelope are achingly tender."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["achingly", "very", "almost"],
                "preposition": ["towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "easy to bite through and cut",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This meat is extremely tender."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Boil the beans until they are tender."
                },
                {
                    "text": "four large slices of tender chicken"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["beautifully", "deliciously", "exceptionally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "painful when you touch it",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My leg is still very tender where I banged it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The back of my neck feels very tender."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "sore",
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "easily hurt or damaged",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "tender young plants"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "delicate"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used in connection with somebody who is still young and does not have much experience",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He left home at the tender age of 15."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She shouldn't be having to deal with problems like this **at such a tender age**."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtendə(r)/",
                "audio": "te/tender/tender__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtendər/",
                "audio": "te/tender/tender__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adjective Middle English: from Old French tendre, from Latin tener ‘tender, delicate’."
}