render

verb

1. (ditransitive)To cause to become.

   “The shot rendered her immobile.”

   “[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”

   “This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two biggest towns almost unusable.”

2. (transitive)To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.

   “The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.”

   “we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus”

3. (transitive)To translate into another language.

   “to render Latin into English”

4. (transitive)To pass down.

   “render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)”

5. (transitive)To make over as a return.

   “They had to render the estate.”

6. (transitive)To give; to give back; to deliver.

   “render aid; render money”

   “to render an account of what really happened”

   “Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.”

   “The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.”

7. (dated, transitive)To give up; to yield; to surrender.

   “I'll make her render up her page to me.”

8. (transitive)To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

   “rendering images”

   “They will feature full-motion-video backgrounds that will behave as if rendered in 3-D—the Rabbids will duck behind and jump over real objects as if they were designed into the stage.”

9. (broadly, transitive)To apply realistic coloring and shading.
10. (transitive)To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
11. (transitive)To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

    “rendering of fat into soap”

12. (intransitive)To have fat melt off meat from cooking.

    “Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.”

13. To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.

    “to render with stucco”

14. To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.

    “A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.”

15. To yield or give way.

    “The rope of a laniard or tackle is said to render when, by pulling upon one part, each other part takes its share of the strain.”

16. (obsolete)To return; to pay back; to restore.

    “whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may”

17. (obsolete)To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

    “I will render vengeance to mine enemies.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Stucco or plaster applied to exterior walls.
2. (countable, uncountable)Stucco or plaster applied to interior walls.
3. (countable, uncountable)A digital image produced by rendering a model.

   “A low-resolution render might look blocky.”

4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A surrender.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A return; a payment of rent.

   “In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.”

6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An account given; a statement.

   “And send forth us , to make their sorrow'd render, Together with a recompense more fruitful Than their offence can weigh down by the dram”

7. One who rends.

   “Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]”

name

1. A surname.