Sekirov Dictionary

render

UK /ˈɹɛn.də/US /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/

verb 17
noun 7
forms 6
phrases 2

verb17

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To pass down.
- render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
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to cause a person or thing to become a certain way, such as unable to move or speak
- The shot rendered her immobile.
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to make an image or video from a computer model by calculating its shapes, light and color
- rendering images
to add color and areas of light and shadow to a drawing or painting so that it looks real
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To make over as a return.
- They had to render the estate.
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to give someone something that is owed or expected, such as help, a service or an official decision
- Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. — 1725
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(old-fashioned) to surrender something or someone to another person, giving up the right to keep them
- I'll make her render up her page to me. — 1595
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to perform or show something such as music, a role or a scene in a way that expresses one's own understanding of it
- The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
to express the meaning of words or a text in another language
to heat meat or other animal parts until the fat melts out, often to collect and use the fat, also said of the fat as it melts out
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To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.
To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
to spread cement or plaster over a wall, often the outside wall of a building
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(of a rope) to slide freely through a pulley, ring or hole when pulled, often on a ship
- A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.
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To yield or give way.
- The rope of a laniard or tackle is said to render when, by pulling upon one part, each other part takes its share of the strain. — 1867
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(no longer used) To return; to pay back; to restore.
- whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may — 1596
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(no longer used) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
- I will render vengeance to mine enemies. — 1611

noun7

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A digital image produced by rendering a model.
- A low-resolution render might look blocky.
Stucco or plaster applied to exterior walls.
Stucco or plaster applied to interior walls.
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One who rends.
- Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […] — 1844
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(no longer used) A return; a payment of rent.
- In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes. — 1765
(no longer used) A surrender.
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(no longer used) An account given; a statement.
- And send forth us , to make their sorrow'd render, Together with a recompense more fruitful Than their offence can weigh down by the dram — 1605

forms

render'd · rendered · rendering · rendereth · renders · renderest

Phrases with render

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