Definition of Tenderize

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

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

Definition of Tenderize

1. Verb. (transitive) To make (something, especially meat) tender. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tenderize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenderize

tendergreen
tenderhearted
tenderheartedly
tenderheartedness
tenderheartednesses
tendering
tenderisation
tenderise
tenderised
tenderiser
tenderisers
tenderises
tenderising
tenderization
tenderizations
tenderize
tenderized
tenderizer
tenderizers
tenderizes
tenderizing
tenderling
tenderlings
tenderloin
tenderloin steak
tenderloins
tenderly
tenderness
tenderness to palpation
tendernesses

Literary usage of Tenderize

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

1. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1903)
"Was I wrong in not tenderize orally my best wishes ? I was afraid that anything said by n. - should have the appearance of touting. A departing servant :. ..."

2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1915)
"63864 A. Present Status and Tendencies in Electric Illumination (Stato attuale e tenderize del la illuminazione elettrica). ..."

3. South Sea Bubbles by George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke, George Henry Kingsley (1872)
"... pretty papaw—here used only for feeding fowls, the natives being ignorant of its tenderizing effect on beefsteaks, had they any beefsteaks to tenderize. ..."

4. The Practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature and of the House of Lords on by Charles Locock Webb (1877)
"In any other Tenderize. case in which a solicitor of a party served necessarily or properly peruses any such petition without appearing thereon, ..."

5. Nassau and the Best of the Bahamas Alive!by Paris Permenter by Paris Permenter (1999)
"To tenderize the conch, the meat is scored with a knife, soaked in lime juice and spices, and sometimes even pounded. Another Bahamian favorite is the rock ..."

6. A Taste of the Bahamas by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (1999)
"To tenderize the conch, the chef scores the meat with a knife, soaks it with lime juice and spices and sometimes even pounds it. Conch recipes are numerous ..."

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