rendering

Pluralrenderings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A drawing, picture, or painting that shows how something looks.

   Like a drawing an artist makes to show what a new building will look like.

   The architect showed us a rendering of the new library.

   She framed her watercolor rendering of the harbor at sunset.

   Similardepiction, drawing, illustration, representation, sketch

2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Making a finished picture from a computer model, or the picture that results.

   Like a camera making a photo, but the computer builds the picture from a model.

   The 3D rendering took six hours to finish on the studio's render farm.

   Higher rendering quality demands far more processing power.

   Similarvisualization

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A version or translation of something, such as a song or a story.

   Like singing a song in your own style, or telling a story in another language.

   The translator's rendering of the old poem read smoothly in English.

   The singer's rendering of the anthem brought the crowd to its feet.

   Similarinterpretation, version, rendition, performance, translation

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The act of giving, doing, or carrying something out.

   The rendering of help to the flood victims saved many lives.

   Quick rendering of first aid can prevent serious harm.

   Similarprovision, delivery

5. 5
   verb

   Present participle of render. Use this form for an action happening now or still going on.

   The artist is rendering the landscape in soft pastels.

   By rendering the fat slowly, she kept the cracklings tender.

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