What is the meaning of Tenere?

to hold

to set aside; to conserve

to hold (one's spot in line, etc.)

to reserve

to keep

to hold up; to sustain

continue to wear; to not remove (a garment); to keep on (a garment)

to take

to have; to possess

to treat (in a certain way)

to have employed

to manage

to carry out

to have over or keep (at a place)

to hold back (an impulse, feeling, etc.)

to look over or take care of

to assume or take up (a behavior, attitude, etc.)

to take up (to occupy space)

to contain

to defend (a position, etc.) from enemy attack

to continue coverage of uninteresting or unpressing news, in hopes of future developments

to consider or deem; to hold to be

to refrain from spending; to be stingy

to stick or attach well [auxiliary avere]

to be airtight [auxiliary avere]

to seem colorable; to hold water [auxiliary avere]

to last [auxiliary avere]

to support someone's views, positions, etc. [with per] [auxiliary avere]

to root [with per ‘for’] [auxiliary avere]

to like or love (in a non romantic way) [with a] [auxiliary avere]

to remain stable [auxiliary avere]

to look like [auxiliary avere]

feminine plural of tenero

tenderly, lovingly

inflection of teneō:

  1. present active infinitive
  2. second-person singular present passive imperative

present active infinitive

second-person singular present passive imperative

to hold

to have, possess

to hold

to possess

Source: wiktionary.org