render

Stucco or plaster applied to exterior walls.

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.
    • A low-resolution render might look blocky.
  4. A surrender.
  5. 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. - 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please...
  6. 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 - c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of...

Origin

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).

Forms

renders rendre

Noun Entry 2

  1. One who rends.
    • Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […] - 1844, The Christian, volume 1, page 498:

Origin

Etymology tree English rend English -er English render From rend + -er.

Forms

renders

Verb

  1. To cause to become.
    • The shot rendered her immobile.
    • […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge...
    • This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two...
  2. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
    • The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
    • we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus - 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, §...
  3. To translate into another language.
    • to render Latin into English
  4. To pass down.
    • render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
  5. To make over as a return.
    • They had to render the estate.
  6. To give; to give back; to deliver.
    • render aid; render money
    • to render an account of what really happened
    • Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. - 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel...
  7. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
    • I'll make her render up her page to me. - c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True...
  8. To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
    • rendering images
    • They will feature full-motion-video backgrounds that will behave as if rendered in 3-D—the Rabbids will duck behind and jump over real objects as if they were designed into the stage. - 2007 December 5, Andy Salisbury,...
  9. To apply realistic coloring and shading.
  10. To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
  11. To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
    • rendering of fat into soap
  12. To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
    • Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.

Forms

renders rendering rendered rendre

Synonyms

make accord render off

Derived

derender heartrending misrender pre-render renderability renderable render down renderer rendering renderite render off render unto Caesar rendingly rerendern soulrending