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Meaning of render

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  render
      n 1: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to
           masonry walls
      v 1: cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
      2: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room
         with an electrical heater" [syn: {supply}, {provide},
         {render}, {furnish}]
      3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered
         the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: {interpret},
         {render}]
      4: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
         year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate
         renders some revenue for the family" [syn: {render}, {yield},
         {return}, {give}, {generate}]
      5: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
         {render}, {deliver}, {return}]
      6: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn:
         {render}, {submit}]
      7: give back; "render money" [syn: {render}, {return}]
      8: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard
         delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the
         prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the
         money" [syn: {hand over}, {fork over}, {fork out}, {fork up},
         {turn in}, {deliver}, {render}]
      9: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
         life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much
         tenderness in this painting" [syn: {picture}, {depict},
         {render}, {show}]
      10: coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the
          den"
      11: bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: {give},
          {render}]
      12: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I
          have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the
          U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting
          dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English";
          "He translates for the U.N." [syn: {translate}, {interpret},
          {render}]
      13: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try
          the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: {try},
          {render}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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