tendre — meaning in English

English meaning

• reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
• tend verb To be likely to behave, happen, or turn out in a particular way.
• tender adjective Gentle, loving, or showing warm affection.
• tense adjective Feeling or showing stress, anxiety, or strain; not relaxed.

Senses

tendre is used for these senses in English:

• rax (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
• reach (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
• stretch out (intransitive) To lie fully extended.
• tend (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. [from mid-14th c.]
• tender Sensitive or painful to the touch.

reach — full definition

1. verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
2. verb To arrive at a place, level, or point after travelling or making an effort.
3. verb To make contact with someone, especially to communicate with them.
4. noun The distance or extent that something, or someone's arm, can extend.

tend — full definition

1. verb To be likely to behave, happen, or turn out in a particular way.
2. verb To look after or care for someone or something.

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