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: There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
Flakey
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.