Render (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object)
  1. to cause to be or become;make: to render someone helpless.
  2. to do; perform: to render a service.
  3. to furnish; provide: to render aid.
  4. to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).
  5. to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.
  6. to return; to make (a payment in money, kind, or service) as by a tenant to a superior: knights rendering military service to the lord.
  7. to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).
  8. to deliver formally or officially; hand down: to render a verdict.
  9. to translate into another language: to render French poems into English.
  10. to represent; depict, as in painting: to render a landscape.
  11. to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.
  12. to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution; interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music.
  13. Digital Technology.
    • to use the processing power of computer hardware and software to synthesize (the components of an image or animation) in a final graphic output: I’m able to render the lighting in this scene much faster now, thanks to my new graphics card.
    • to load (game assets) in a video game, displaying objects, textures, geometry, lighting, etc., on screen in their complete intended form: My laggy connection didn’t render the enemies until I was basically standing on top of them.The game is still playable even if the textures in the environment aren’t always rendered right.
  14. to give in return or requital: to render good for evil.
  15. to give back; restore (often followed by back).
  16. to send (a suspected criminal) abroad; subject to rendition.
  17. to give up; surrender.
  18. to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.
  19. to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting: to render fat.
  20. to process, as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses.
verb (used without object)
  1. to provide due reward.
  2. to separate oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.
  3. (of assets in a video game) to load so they are visible to the player in their complete intended form: There is a long delay before the geometry renders when I change zones, so sometimes I find my character walking in place up against a wall when the world finally loads.
noun
  1. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
noun
  1. a person or thing that rends or tears something apart forcefully or violently.
verb (tr)
  1. to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action
  2. to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)
  3. to show (obedience), as due or expected
  4. to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital
  5. to cause to become
  6. to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally
  7. to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting
  8. to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid
  9. to translate (something) into another language or form
  10. to yield or give
  11. to return (something); give back
  12. to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster
  13. to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting
  14. nautical
    • to reeve (a line)
    • to slacken (a rope, etc)
  15. (of a feudal tenant) to make (payment) in money, goods, or services to one's overlord
noun
  1. a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface
  2. a payment in money, goods, or services made by a feudal tenant to his lord
Render (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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