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Meaning of 'render' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Render [ n.]
- One who rends.
- A surrender.
- A return; a payment of rent.
- An account given; a statement.
2 . Render [ v. i.]
- To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
- To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.
3 . Render [ v. t.]
- To return; to pay back; to restore.
- To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
- To give up; to yield; to surrender.
- Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
- To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
- To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
- To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
- To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.
- To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.
- To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

Meaning of 'render' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . render [ v]
Meaning (1):
- restate (words) from one language into another language
Example in sentence:
  • Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?;
  • He translates for the U.N.;
  • I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.;
  • She rendered the French poem into English
Meaning (2):
- pass down
Example in sentence:
  • deliver a judgment;
  • render a verdict
Meaning (3):
- to surrender someone or something to another
Example in sentence:
  • fork over the money;
  • render the town to the enemy;
  • render up the prisoners;
  • the guard delivered the criminal to the police
Meaning (4):
- bestow
Example in sentence:
  • give homage;
  • render thanks
Meaning (5):
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
Example in sentence:
  • render fat in a casserole;
  • try the yak butter
Meaning (6):
- give back
Example in sentence:
  • render money
Meaning (7):
- coat with plastic or cement
Example in sentence:
  • render the brick walls in the den
Meaning (8):
- give or supply
Example in sentence:
  • The cow brings in 5 liters of milk;
  • The estate renders some revenue for the family;
  • This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
Meaning (9):
- show in, or as in, a picture
Example in sentence:
  • the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting;
  • This scene depicts country life
Meaning (10):
- give an interpretation or rendition of
Example in sentence:
  • The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully
Meaning (11):
- cause to become
Example in sentence:
  • The shot rendered her immobile
Meaning (12):
- make over as a return
Example in sentence:
  • They had to render the estate
Meaning (13):
- give something useful or necessary to
Example in sentence:
  • We provided the room with an electrical heater

Nearby Words:

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