tender

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
  • (transitive) to spread, to stretch out
  • (transitive) to lay cable
  • (transitive) to make a bed
  • (transitive) to hang up clothes
  • (transitive) to build a bridge across an expanse
  • (transitive) to extend the hand
  • (transitive) to floor with a punch, to stretch out
  • (transitive) to cast a net
  • (transitive) to set a trap
  • (transitive) to coat with plaster
  • (reflexive) to lay oneself down

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tendere (extend, stretch, spread out, stretch out) inherited from Proto-Italic *tendō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

Gloss

stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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