render Definition

render
verb rendered, rendering

1. To cause something to be or become.

Example: render things more agreeable
2. To give or provide (a service, help, etc).

Thesaurus: perform, do, act, execute.
3. To show (obedience, honour, etc).
4. To pay (money) or perform (a duty), especially in return for something.

Example: render thanks to God
5. To give back or return something.

Form: render something back (often)
6. To give something in return or exchange.
7. To give up, release or yield something.

Example: The grave will never render up its dead
Form: render something up (also)
8. To translate something into another language

Example: How do you render that in German?
9. To perform (the role of a character in a play, a piece of music, etc).
10. To portray or reproduce someone or something, especially in painting or music.

Thesaurus: interpret, play, depict, act, represent, reproduce, transcribe, exhibit, explain, portray.
11. To present or submit for payment, approval, consideration, etc.
12. To cover (brick or stone) with a coat of plaster.
13a. To melt down (fat), especially to clarify it;

Form: render something down (often)
13b. To remove (fat) by melting it.

Form: render something down (often)
14. law.
Said of a judge or jury: to deliver formally (a judgement or verdict).

noun

1. A first coat of plaster or rendering applied to brick or stonework.

Derivative: renderable
adj

Derivative: renderer
noun

Derivative: rendering

A performance.

A coat of plaster.

Etymology: 14c: from French rendre.