Tender
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Sensitive or painful to be touched. Soft and easily chewed. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make tender or delicate; to weaken. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly. To offer, to give. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Someone who tends or waits on someone. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel. A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships. A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card. A formal offer to buy or sell something.
Example sentence: If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
Crank
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To turn a crank.To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably.To produce or present a desired object.To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A bent piece of an axle, or shaft, or an arm attached at right angles to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a circular action to a wheel or other mechanical device and create power; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.An ill-tempered or nasty personmethamphetamine.A person who is considered strange to others. They may do strange things, or be a crank by nature.A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.A ship which, because of insufficient or poorly stowed ballast or cargo, is in danger of overturning
Example sentence: I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.