render
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ɹɛn.də(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /rEn.d@(r)/
- Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)
- (US) IPA: /ɹɛn.dɚ/, X-SAMPA: /rEn.d@`/
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Etymology 1
From Old French rendre (“to render, to make”), from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin reddere, present active infinitive of reddō (“return in profit”).
Alternative forms
- rendre (archaic)
Verb
render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- The shot rendered her immobile.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus
- (transitive) To translate into another language
- (transitive) To pass down.
- render a verdict (= deliver a judgment)
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- They had to render the estate.
- (transitive) To give; to give back.
- render aid
- render money
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform digital information in the form received from a repository into a display on a computer screen, or for other presentation to the user.
- rendering images
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- rendering of fat into soap
- (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
- Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.
- (construction) To cover a wall with a film of cement.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (fat dripping): render off
Derived terms
- renderer (computer graphics)
Translations
To cause to become
To interpret
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To give; to give back
To transform digital information in the form received from a repository into a display on a computer screen, or for other presentation to the user
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To capture and turn over to another country secretly
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Noun
render (plural renders)
- A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.
- (computer graphics) An image produced by rendering a model.
- A low-resolution render might look blocky.
- (obsolete) A surrender.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
- Blackstone
- In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.
- Blackstone
- (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Noun
render (plural renders)
- One who rends.
Portuguese
Verb
render (first-person singular present indicative rendo, past participle rendido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb render
Notes:
Romansch
Etymology
Verb
render
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to return, give back
- to vomit, throw up, puke, be sick
Synonyms
- (to return, give back):
- (Rumantsch Grischun) dar enavos, (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) dar anavos, (Puter) der inavous, (Vallader) dar inavo
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) restituir, (Surmiran) restitueir
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) returnar, (Puter) returner, (Vallader) retuornar