render (n.)

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

    render (v.)

  1. cause to become; The shot rendered her immobile'

  2. coat with plastic or cement; render the brick walls in the den'

  3. bestow; give homage; render thanks

    [ Syn: give ]

  4. restate (words) from one language into another language; I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.; Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?; She rendered the French poem into English; He translates for the U.N.

    [ Syn: translate , interpret ]

  5. melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; try the yak butter; render fat in a casserole

    [ Syn: try ]

  6. give something useful or necessary to; We provided the room with an electrical heater

    [ Syn: supply , provide , furnish ]

  7. give an interpretation or rendition of; The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully

    [ Syn: interpret ]

  8. give or supply; The cow brings in 5 liters of milk; This years crop yielded 1, 000 bushels of corn; The estate renders some revenue for the family

    [ Syn: yield , return , give , generate ]

  9. pass down; render a verdict; deliver a judgment

    [ Syn: deliver , return ]

  10. make over as a return; They had to render the estate

    [ Syn: submit ]

  11. give back; render money

    [ Syn: return ]

  12. to surrender someone or something to another; the guard delivered the criminal to the police; render up the prisoners; render the town to the enemy; fork over the money

    [ Syn: hand over , fork over , fork out , fork up , turn in , deliver ]

  13. show in, or as in, a picture; This scene depicts country life; the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting

    [ Syn: picture , depict , show ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
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