keel vs tender

keel

noun
  • A type of flat-bottomed boat. 

  • A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. 

  • In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course. 

  • A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. 

  • The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. 

  • A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability. 

  • Red chalk; ruddle. 

  • The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg. 

  • The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge. 

verb
  • To turn up the keel; to show the bottom. 

  • to collapse, to fall 

  • To traverse with a keel; to navigate. 

  • To mark with ruddle. 

tender

noun
  • A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore. 

  • Any offer or proposal made for acceptance. 

  • A formal offer to buy or sell something. 

  • A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water. 

  • A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships. 

  • A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card. 

  • Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply. 

  • The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. 

verb
  • to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions. 

  • To offer, to give. 

  • To work on a tender. 

adj
  • Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate. 

  • Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel. 

  • Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. 

  • Soft and easily chewed. 

  • Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate. 

  • Physically weak; not able to endure hardship. 

  • Sensitive or painful to the touch. 

  • Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet. 

  • Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic. 

  • Young and inexperienced. 

adv
  • tenderly 

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