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render

/ˈɹɛn.dɚ/

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What does render mean?

verb

  1. To cause to become.
  2. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
  3. To translate into another language.
More meanings (22)

verb

  1. To pass down.
  2. To make over as a return.
  3. To give; to give back; to deliver.
  4. To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
  5. To apply realistic coloring and shading.
  6. To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
  7. To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
  8. To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
  9. To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
  10. To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
  11. To yield or give way.
  12. (dated) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
  13. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
  14. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

noun

  1. Stucco or plaster applied to exterior walls.
  2. Stucco or plaster applied to interior walls.
  3. A digital image produced by rendering a model.
  4. One who rends.
  5. (obsolete) A surrender.
  6. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
  7. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
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IPA pronunciation

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O, I have heard him speak of that same brother, And he did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
It was the single atom of life that the scene contained, and it only served to render the general loneliness more evident.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
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He swore in his heart that he would not fail in this if human effort and human perseverance could render him successful.
Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in ScarletProject Gutenberg ebook #244
M. Lamennais, who renders glory to God in beautiful songs, does not know how as well to render justice to his fellows.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
My father's object was to render each and all of his children-- whether boys or girls--independent on their arrival at mature years.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476