What is the meaning of render?

noun

  • A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.

verb

  • Cause to become.
    • usage: "The shot rendered her immobile"
  • Give something useful or necessary to.
    • usage: "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
  • Give an interpretation or rendition of.
    • usage: "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
  • Give or supply.
    • usage: "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1, 000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
  • Pass down.
    • usage: "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
  • Make over as a return.
    • usage: "They had to render the estate"
  • Give back.
    • usage: "render money"
  • To surrender someone or something to another.
    • usage: "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
  • Show in, or as in, a picture.
    • usage: "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
  • Coat with plastic or cement.
    • usage: "render the brick walls in the den"
  • Bestow.
    • usage: "give homage"; "render thanks"
  • Restate (words) from one language into another language.
    • usage: "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U. S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U. N."
  • Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.
    • usage: "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
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APAWordNet. (2010). render. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/render/definitions/1249537
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "render" http://smartdefine.org/render/definitions/1249537 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, render, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/render/definitions/1249537>.
MLAWordNet. "render" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/render/definitions/1249537>
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