"tenderize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tenderizes [present, singular, third-person], tenderizing [participle, present], tenderized [participle, past], tenderized [past]
Etymology: tender + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tender|ize}} tender + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} tenderize (third-person singular simple present tenderizes, present participle tenderizing, simple past and past participle tenderized)
  1. (transitive) To make (something, especially meat) tender. Tags: transitive Related terms: tenderizer Translations (make tender): варя до омекване (varja do omekvane) (Bulgarian), entendrir (Catalan), mureuttaa (Finnish), mazar (Galician), amolecer (Galician), puhít (english: make softer in general) (Hungarian), klopfol (note: with a mallet) (Hungarian), kiklopfol (Hungarian), ablandar (Spanish), möra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tenderize-en-verb-6wznBxUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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