bay vs tender

bay

noun
  • Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships. 

  • An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides. 

  • A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses. 

  • The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof. 

  • Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries. 

  • A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico. 

  • An opening in a wall, especially between two columns. 

  • A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. 

  • A body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land. 

  • Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb. 

  • A bay platform. 

  • A bay window. 

  • The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked. 

  • A horse of this color. 

  • A bank or dam to keep back water. 

  • The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey. 

  • A tract covered with bay trees. 

verb
  • To howl. 

  • To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds. 

  • To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay. 

adj
  • Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses). 

tender

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

  • Any offer or proposal made for acceptance. 

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

  • A formal offer to buy or sell something. 

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

  • 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. 

adv
  • tenderly 

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. 

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