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render

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛn.də/

The English word “render” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To cause to become.
  2. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
  3. To translate into another language.
  4. To pass down.
  5. To make over as a return.
  6. To give; to give back; to deliver.
  7. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
  8. To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
  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.
  12. To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
  13. To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
  14. To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
  15. To yield or give way.
  16. To return; to pay back; to restore.
  17. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

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.

Etymology

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

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