render
1 Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to cause to be or become; make.
to render someone helpless.
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to do; perform.
to render a service.
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to furnish; provide.
to render aid.
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- afford, contribute, supply, give
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to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).
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- demonstrate
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to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.
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to return; to make (a payment in money, kind, or service) as by a tenant to a superior.
knights rendering military service to the lord.
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to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).
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to deliver formally or officially; hand down.
to render a verdict.
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to translate into another language.
to render French poems into English.
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to represent; depict, as in painting.
to render a landscape.
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to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.
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to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution; interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music.
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Digital Technology.
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to use the processing power of computer hardware and software to synthesize (the components of an image or animation) in a final graphic output.
I’m able to render the lighting in this scene much faster now, thanks to my new graphics card.
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to load (game assets) in a video game, displaying objects, textures, geometry, lighting, etc., on screen in their complete intended form: The game is still playable even if the textures in the environment aren’t always rendered right.
My laggy connection didn’t render the enemies until I was basically standing on top of them.
The game is still playable even if the textures in the environment aren’t always rendered right.
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to give in return or requital.
to render good for evil.
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to give back; restore (often followed byback ).
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to send (a suspected criminal) abroad; subject to rendition.
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to give up; surrender.
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Building Trades. to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.
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to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting.
to render fat.
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to process, as for industrial use.
to render livestock carcasses.
verb (used without object)
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to provide due reward.
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to separate oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.
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Digital Technology. (of assets in a video game) to load so they are visible to the player in their complete intended form.
There is a long delay before the geometry renders when I change zones, so sometimes I find my character walking in place up against a wall when the world finally loads.
noun
verb
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to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action
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to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)
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to show (obedience), as due or expected
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to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital
to render blow for blow
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to cause to become
grief had rendered him simple-minded
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to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally
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to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting
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computing to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid
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to translate (something) into another language or form
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(sometimes foll by up) to yield or give
the tomb rendered up its secret
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(often foll by back) to return (something); give back
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to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster
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(often foll by down) to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting
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nautical
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to reeve (a line)
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to slacken (a rope, etc)
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history (of a feudal tenant) to make (payment) in money, goods, or services to one's overlord
noun
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a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface
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history a payment in money, goods, or services made by a feudal tenant to his lord
Other Word Forms
- renderable adjective
- renderer noun
- unrenderable adjective
Etymology
Origin of render1
First recorded in 1580–90; rend + -er 1
Origin of render1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English rendren, from Middle French rendre, from unattested Vulgar Latin rendere, alteration (formed by analogy with prendere “to take”) of Latin reddere “to give back,” equivalent to red- prefix meaning “again” or “again and again” + -dere, combining form of dare “to give”; red-
Example Sentences
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Use is restricted to Gemini Ultra users, who pay $250 a month, and rendered environments can be no longer than a minute.
From Barron's
Irian followed, scrambling up scree fast, but rendered clumsy by the newness of her boots.
From Literature
We wait, pretending to appreciate a rather homely rendering of George Washington in the lobby, when a commotion descends from a nearby staircase.
From Literature
He’s wearing jeans and a T-shirt, as always; on one wall hangs a replica of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album cover rendered in what appear to be Rubik’s Cubes.
From Los Angeles Times
In December, foreign tourists were able to visit Timbuktu for the first time in a decade after jihadists rendered it too dangerous.
From Barron's
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