# render

Pronunciation: US say "REN-dur" /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/; UK say "REN-duh" /ˈɹɛn.də/

## Verb

1. To cause someone or something to be in a particular state or condition.
   - Simple: To make someone or something change into a new state or condition.
   - _A single clerical error can render the entire contract invalid._
   - _The storm rendered thousands of homes uninhabitable overnight._
2. To transform a digital model into an image displayed on a screen or other media.
   - Simple: To turn a computer model into an image you can see on a screen.
   - _The artist rendered the 3D model as a photorealistic image._
   - _Powerful graphics cards can render complex scenes in real time._
3. To give, provide, or deliver something to someone, such as help, a service, or a payment that is due, or to give something back; especially, to formally deliver a verdict, judgment, or decision.
   - Simple: To give someone something, such as help, a service, or money owed, or to officially give a decision or verdict.
   - _The committee will render its verdict next week._
   - _Two off-duty nurses rendered first aid to the injured cyclist until the ambulance arrived._
4. To translate something from one language into another.
   - Simple: To change words from one language into another.
   - _The translator rendered the old Latin letters into clear, modern English._
   - _Good translators render idioms without losing their flavor._
5. To interpret a work, giving it a particular performance or version.
   - Simple: To perform or express a piece of music, art, or words in a certain way.
   - _The choir rendered the hymn with surprising tenderness._
   - _Few actors can render Hamlet's grief so convincingly._
7. To apply realistic coloring and shading to an image or drawing.
   - Simple: To add real-looking color and shading to a drawing or painting.
   - _The student rendered the still life with careful attention to light and shadow._
   - _Artists who render skin convincingly study how light passes through it._
8. To melt down fat or animal tissue so that the fat separates out and can be collected, in cooking or industrially; (of fat) to melt out of meat during cooking.
   - Simple: To melt fat out of meat or animal parts, in cooking or in a factory. Also, of fat, to melt out.
   - _Cook the pork belly gently so the fat renders fully._
   - _Allow the fat to render before raising the heat._
9. To coat a wall with a layer of plaster or cement, especially on the exterior.
   - Simple: To put a coat of plaster or cement on a wall, usually on the outside.
   - _The masons rendered the exterior in a smooth lime plaster._
   - _You should render the wall before painting it._
11. To capture someone and secretly hand them over to another country outside any legal process.
   - Simple: To secretly capture someone and hand them over to another country without a trial.
   - _Intelligence officers rendered the man to a country known for harsh interrogation._
   - _Critics argue that to render prisoners this way violates international law._

## Noun

6. An image created by a computer from a digital model.
   - Simple: A computer-made picture created from a 3D model.
   - _The client approved the final render before construction began._
   - _Each render took several hours to produce on the studio's machines._
10. Stucco or plaster applied to walls, usually the outside masonry walls of a building.
   - Simple: A coat of plaster or cement spread on outside walls to protect them.
   - _The cottage walls were finished with a lime-based render._
   - _Cracks in the render let moisture seep into the masonry behind it._

## Verb

12. To give up, yield, or surrender something to another. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To give something up to another person, especially in defeat.
14. To inflict something as retribution; to repay a wrong with punishment. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To give someone punishment in return for what they did.

## Noun

13. An account given of something; a statement or report. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An account or statement given about something.
15. A return; a payment of rent owed to a lord or landowner. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A payment of rent, or something given back.
   - _The peasants brought their render of corn to the lord's hall._
   - _An annual render in coin replaced the old service obligations._
16. An act of surrender; a giving up to another. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The act of giving up to an enemy.

## Other meanings

- (verb) Nautical: of a rope, to run or slip freely through a block or fitting, or to give way under strain.
- (noun) A person or thing that rends, tearing or ripping something apart.

## Origin

Latin reddere ("make, give back") became Late Latin rendere and then Old French rendre ("render, give back"), which English took as Middle English renderen.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/render (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).