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RENDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("render" is a kind of...):
stucco (a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they render ... he / she / it renders
Past simple: rendered
Past participle: rendered
-ing form: rendering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to become
Example:
The shot rendered her immobile
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
get; make (give certain properties to something)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
Example:
render fat in a casserole
Synonyms:
render; try
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
melt; melt down; run (reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Restate (words) from one language into another language
Example:
He translates for the U.N.
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)
Verb group:
translate (be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):
retranslate (translate again)
mistranslate (translate incorrectly)
gloss (provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase)
Latinize (translate into Latin)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Bestow
Example:
render thanks
Synonyms:
give; render
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Verb group:
give (accord by verdict)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):
dedicate (inscribe or address by way of compliment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derivation:
rendering (giving in acknowledgment of obligation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Pass down
Example:
deliver a judgment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Coat with plastic or cement
Example:
render the brick walls in the den
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Domain category:
masonry (the craft of a mason)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Give or supply
Example:
The estate renders some revenue for the family
Synonyms:
generate; give; render; return; yield
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Verb group:
give; yield (cause to happen or be responsible for)
establish; give (bring about)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Show in, or as in, a picture
Example:
the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):
illustrate (depict with an illustration)
map (depict as if on a map)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
Meaning:
Give an interpretation or rendition of
Example:
The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully
Synonyms:
interpret; render
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):
sing (deliver by singing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They will render the duet
Derivation:
rendering (the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance)
rendering (a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.)
rendition (the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance)
Sense 10
Meaning:
To surrender someone or something to another
Example:
fork over the money
Synonyms:
deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):
bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)
give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 11
Meaning:
Give back
Example:
render money
Synonyms:
render; return
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):
feed back; resubmit (submit (information) again to a program or automatic system)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They render the countryside
They render the money to them
Sense 12
Meaning:
Make over as a return
Example:
They had to render the estate
Synonyms:
render; submit
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 13
Meaning:
Give something useful or necessary to
Example:
We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms:
furnish; provide; render; supply
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "render" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "render"):
hydrate (supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance)
charge (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge)
date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)
feed (feed into; supply)
calk (provide with calks)
fund (provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest)
scant; skimp; stint (supply sparingly and with restricted quantities)
terrace; terrasse (provide (a house) with a terrace)
dado (provide with a dado)
innervate (supply nerves to (some organ or body part))
offer (make available or accessible, provide or furnish)
signalise; signalize (provide with traffic signals)
extend; offer (make available; provide)
stock (provide or furnish with a stock of something)
buy in; stock; stock up (amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use)
caption (provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing)
tube (provide with a tube or insert a tube into)
ticket (provide with a ticket for passage or admission)
stock (supply with livestock)
stock (supply with fish)
rim (furnish with a rim)
fret (provide (a musical instrument) with frets)
step (furnish with steps)
rail (provide with rails)
grate (furnish with a grate)
capitalise; capitalize (supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders)
alphabetize (provide with an alphabet)
wharf (provide with a wharf)
air-condition; air-cool (equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature)
uniform (provide with uniforms)
railroad (supply with railroad lines)
partner (provide with a partner)
bewhisker; whisker (furnish with whiskers)
subtitle (supply (a movie) with subtitles)
headline (provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline)
match (provide funds complementary to)
hobnail (supply with hobnails)
wive (provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife)
victual (supply with food)
cloy; surfeit (supply or feed to surfeit)
heat (provide with heat)
seat (provide with seats)
seat (put a seat on a chair)
ramp (furnish with a ramp)
arm (supply with arms)
interleave (provide (books) with blank leaves)
glass; glaze (furnish with glass)
crenel; crenelate; crenellate (supply with battlements)
causeway (provide with a causeway)
canal; canalise; canalize (provide (a city) with a canal)
bush (provide with a bushing)
brattice (supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines)
furnish (provide or equip with furniture)
slat (equip or bar with slats)
berth (provide with a berth)
bed (furnish with a bed)
computerise; computerize (provide with computers)
costume (furnish with costumes; as for a film or play)
bottom (provide with a bottom or a seat)
rafter (provide (a ceiling) with rafters)
tool (furnish with tools)
key (provide with a key)
fuel (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy)
provision; purvey (supply with provisions)
afford; give; yield (be the cause or source of)
equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)
transistorise; transistorize (equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors)
upholster (provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers)
cleat (provide with cleats)
coal (supply with coal)
corbel (furnish with a corbel)
cornice (furnish with a cornice)
constitutionalize (provide with a constitution, as of a country)
copper-bottom (provide with a copper bottom)
curtain (provide with drapery)
gate (supply with a gate)
index (provide with an index)
articulate; joint (provide with a joint)
pour (supply in large amounts or quantities)
pump (supply in great quantities)
fire; fuel (provide with fuel)
flood; glut; oversupply (supply with an excess of)
toggle (provide with a toggle or toggles)
patch (provide with a patch; also used metaphorically)
water (provide with water)
leverage (provide with leverage)
tap (furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it)
top; top out (provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure))
reflectorise; reflectorize (provide with reflectors, such as chemicals)
retrofit (provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture)
border; edge (provide with a border or edge)
machicolate (supply with projecting galleries)
sanitate (provide with sanitary facilities or appliances)
hat (furnish with a hat)
theme (provide with a particular theme or motive)
kern (furnish with a kern)
headquarter (provide with headquarters)
shelter (provide shelter for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Context examples:
Instead, they may have always been there and were merely rendered more detectable by ABVD treatment.
(Chemotherapy cocktail may cause adult women to grow new egg cells, Wikinews)
Such, she believed, were his words; but scarcely had she received their sound, than her attention was caught by other sounds immediately behind her, which rendered every thing else trivial.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
XIAP interferes with both the intrinsic and extrinsic program-death signaling pathways, which may render tumor cells resistant to apoptosis.
(AEG35156, NCI Thesaurus)
Also, he was rendered self-conscious by the company.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A term that helps define and render a biological process concept unique by further defining or describing a specific aspect of a biological process.
(Biological Process Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)
Edward had been staying several weeks in the house before he engaged much of Mrs. Dashwood's attention; for she was, at that time, in such affliction as rendered her careless of surrounding objects.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
A sensation of discomfort or distress that renders an individual unable to find any happiness.
(Miserable Pain, NCI Thesaurus)
For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were, and that I ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
She, too, rendered submission to the man- animals.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“So long as I am within the pale of the king's law,” the stranger answered, “I cannot see why I should render account to every passing wayfarer.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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