tender vs wake

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. 

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. 

wake

noun
  • The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water. 

  • A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects. 

  • The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft. 

  • A number of vultures assembled together. 

  • A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking. 

  • The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object. 

  • The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. 

  • The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water. 

verb
  • (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. 

  • (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. 

  • To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. 

  • To be or remain awake; not to sleep. 

  • To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. 

  • To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active. 

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