be tender

“We don’t really get to see young Black boys be tender with each other, and it’s so beautiful because Malik never received that type of tenderness when he was a child. It’s something I’m just learning now in my 30s.”

The answer was eye round, a roast often deemed too lean to be tender.

The collard greens should be tender to the bite.

"He can be tender, he can be cruel."

Ms. Cucci then recalled a traumatic incident when she was served fava beans — meant to be tender and buttery — that were instead “as hard and small as a pebble,” leading her to launch them in protest.