RENDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does render mean? 

• RENDER (noun)
  The noun RENDER has 1 sense:

1. a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

  Familiarity information: RENDER used as a noun is very rare.

• RENDER (verb)
  The verb RENDER has 13 senses:

1. cause to become

2. give something useful or necessary to

3. give an interpretation or rendition of

4. give or supply

5. pass down

6. make over as a return

7. give back

8. to surrender someone or something to another

9. show in, or as in, a picture

10. coat with plastic or cement

11. bestow

12. restate (words) from one language into another language

13. melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities

  Familiarity information: RENDER used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("render" is a kind of...):

stucco (a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces)

• RENDER (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The shot rendered her immobile

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

get; make (give certain properties to something)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give something useful or necessary to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

furnish; provide; render; supply

Context example:

We provided the room with an electrical heater

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):

hydrate (supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance)

charge (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge)

date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)

feed (feed into; supply)

calk (provide with calks)

fund (provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest)

scant; skimp; stint (supply sparingly and with restricted quantities)

terrace; terrasse (provide (a house) with a terrace)

dado (provide with a dado)

innervate (supply nerves to (some organ or body part))

offer (make available or accessible, provide or furnish)

signalise; signalize (provide with traffic signals)

extend; offer (make available; provide)

stock (provide or furnish with a stock of something)

buy in; stock; stock up (amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use)

caption (provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing)

tube (provide with a tube or insert a tube into)

ticket (provide with a ticket for passage or admission)

stock (supply with livestock)

stock (supply with fish)

rim (furnish with a rim)

fret (provide (a musical instrument) with frets)

step (furnish with steps)

rail (provide with rails)

grate (furnish with a grate)

capitalise; capitalize (supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders)

alphabetize (provide with an alphabet)

wharf (provide with a wharf)

air-condition; air-cool (equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature)

uniform (provide with uniforms)

railroad (supply with railroad lines)

partner (provide with a partner)

bewhisker; whisker (furnish with whiskers)

subtitle (supply (a movie) with subtitles)

headline (provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline)

match (provide funds complementary to)

hobnail (supply with hobnails)

wive (provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife)

victual (supply with food)

cloy; surfeit (supply or feed to surfeit)

heat (provide with heat)

seat (provide with seats)

seat (put a seat on a chair)

ramp (furnish with a ramp)

arm (supply with arms)

interleave (provide (books) with blank leaves)

glass; glaze (furnish with glass)

crenel; crenelate; crenellate (supply with battlements)

causeway (provide with a causeway)

canal; canalise; canalize (provide (a city) with a canal)

bush (provide with a bushing)

brattice (supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines)

furnish (provide or equip with furniture)

slat (equip or bar with slats)

berth (provide with a berth)

bed (furnish with a bed)

computerise; computerize (provide with computers)

costume (furnish with costumes; as for a film or play)

bottom (provide with a bottom or a seat)

rafter (provide (a ceiling) with rafters)

tool (furnish with tools)

key (provide with a key)

fuel (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy)

provision; purvey (supply with provisions)

afford; give; yield (be the cause or source of)

equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)

transistorise; transistorize (equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors)

upholster (provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers)

cleat (provide with cleats)

coal (supply with coal)

corbel (furnish with a corbel)

cornice (furnish with a cornice)

constitutionalize (provide with a constitution, as of a country)

copper-bottom (provide with a copper bottom)

curtain (provide with drapery)

gate (supply with a gate)

index (provide with an index)

articulate; joint (provide with a joint)

pour (supply in large amounts or quantities)

pump (supply in great quantities)

fire; fuel (provide with fuel)

flood; glut; oversupply (supply with an excess of)

toggle (provide with a toggle or toggles)

patch (provide with a patch; also used metaphorically)

water (provide with water)

leverage (provide with leverage)

tap (furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it)

top; top out (provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure))

reflectorise; reflectorize (provide with reflectors, such as chemicals)

retrofit (provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture)

border; edge (provide with a border or edge)

machicolate (supply with projecting galleries)

sanitate (provide with sanitary facilities or appliances)

hat (furnish with a hat)

theme (provide with a particular theme or motive)

kern (furnish with a kern)

headquarter (provide with headquarters)

shelter (provide shelter for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give an interpretation or rendition of

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

interpret; render

Context example:

The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)

Domain category:

performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):

sing (deliver by singing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They will render the duet

Derivation:

rendering (the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance)

rendering (a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.)

rendition (the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Give or supply

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

generate; give; render; return; yield

Context example:

The estate renders some revenue for the family

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Verb group:

give; yield (cause to happen or be responsible for)

establish; give (bring about)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Pass down

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

deliver; render; return

Context example:

deliver a judgment

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Make over as a return

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

render; submit

Context example:

They had to render the estate

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 7

Meaning:

Give back

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

render; return

Context example:

render money

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):

feed back; resubmit (submit (information) again to a program or automatic system)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They render the countryside
They render the money to them

Sense 8

Meaning:

To surrender someone or something to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in

Context example:

fork over the money

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):

bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)

give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 9

Meaning:

Show in, or as in, a picture

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

depict; picture; render; show

Context example:

the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):

illustrate (depict with an illustration)

map (depict as if on a map)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Coat with plastic or cement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

render the brick walls in the den

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Domain category:

masonry (the craft of a mason)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Bestow

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

give; render

Context example:

render thanks

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Verb group:

give (accord by verdict)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):

dedicate (inscribe or address by way of compliment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

rendering (giving in acknowledgment of obligation)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Restate (words) from one language into another language

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

interpret; render; translate

Context example:

He translates for the U.N.

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Verb group:

translate (be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):

retranslate (translate again)

mistranslate (translate incorrectly)

gloss (provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase)

Latinize (translate into Latin)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 13

Meaning:

Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

render; try

Context example:

render fat in a casserole

Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):

melt; melt down; run (reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

She rendered it beautifully, but I watched not her, but Wolf Larsen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I do not feel that there is any reason why I should render an explanation to you, Mr. Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Upon administration, certolizumab binds to TNF-alpha and prevents the interaction of this cytokine with endogenous cell surface receptors, thereby rendering TNF-alpha inactive and inhibiting TNF-mediated inflammatory responses.

(Certolizumab Pegol, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that helps define and render another concept unique.

(General Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)

The vc linkage system is highly stable in serum, rendering the cytotoxicity of glembatumumab vedotin specific for GPNMB-positive cells.

(Glembatumumab Vedotin, NCI Thesaurus)

The unique mirror-image configuration of this agent renders it resistant to hydrolysis and shows a low antigenicity profile.

(PEG-linked L-RNA Oligonucleotide Hepcidin-targeting Agent NOX-H94, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil rendered from the shin bones and feet of cattle.

(Neatsfoot Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, certolizumab binds to TNF-alpha, preventing the interaction of this cytokine with endogenous cell surface receptors, thereby rendering TNF-alpha inactive and inhibiting TNF-mediated inflammatory responses.

(Certolizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

The service he rendered you was enough to warm your heart.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The researchers suggested the algae, like warming temperatures, might render the corals' chemical defenses less effective, and the fish were protecting the coral by removing the algae.

(Voracious fish defend coral reefs against warming, Wikinews)