Definition of Tenderise

1. Verb. Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer. "Tenderize meat"

Exact synonyms: Tender, Tenderize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Tenderisation, Tenderiser, Tender, Tenderization, Tenderizer

Definition of Tenderise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of tenderize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenderise

tender zones
tendered
tenderer
tenderers
tenderest
tenderfeet
tenderfoot
tenderfoots
tendergreen
tenderhearted
tenderheartedly
tenderheartedness
tenderheartednesses
tendering
tenderisation
tenderise
tenderised
tenderiser
tenderisers
tenderises
tenderising
tenderization
tenderizations
tenderize
tenderized
tenderizer
tenderizers
tenderizes
tenderizing
tenderling

Literary usage of Tenderise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Every Man His Own Gardener: The Complete Gardener : Being a Gardener's by John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe (1832)
"... it will not only, in some degree, tenderise and weaken the plants, but also occasion the leaves of some kinds to change of a yellowish sickly colour, ..."

2. South Sea Bubbles by George Herbert Pembroke, George Henry Kingsley (1874)
"... had they any beef-steaks to tenderise. Even nutmeg-trees are here, but I am given to understand that they are not the real Banda species. ..."

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