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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ren•der•ing (ren′dər ing),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition:her rendering of the part of Hedda.
- a translation:Chapman's rendering of Homer.
- a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes of presentation.
- Buildingrender1 (def. 21).
- 1400–50; late Middle English (gerund, gerundive); see render, -ing1
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rend /rɛnd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], rent/rɛnt/USA pronunciation rend•ing. - to separate into parts with great force or suddenness;
tear or rip apart:As a sign of his grief and rage the high priest rent his garments. - to disturb (the air) sharply with noise:Her sharp screams rent the air.
- to distress (the heart) with painful feelings.
rend•er, n. [countable]-rend-, root. - -rend- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "give.'' This meaning is found in such words as: render, rendition, surrender.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ren•der1 /ˈrɛndɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to cause (something) to be or become (something else);
make:[~ + object + adjective]The blow to the head rendered him unconscious. - to furnish;
provide; help: [~ + object]to render aid.[~ + object + object]You've rendered us a valuable service. - to pay (someone) as due (money, a tax, tribute, etc.): [~ + object]to render taxes to the Empire.[~ + object + object]to render the government the money you owe.
- to translate into another language:[~ + object]to render the fairy tale from German into English.
- to represent, interpret, or show in drawing, painting, performing, or acting:[~ + object]to render a landscape in bright hues; to render a song.
- to melt down:[~ + object]to render fat.
See -rend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rend (rend),USA pronunciation v., rent, rend•ing. v.t. - to separate into parts with force or violence:The storm rent the ship to pieces.
- to tear apart, split, or divide:a racial problem that is rending the nation.
- to pull or tear violently (often fol. by away, off, up, etc.).
- to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc.
- to disturb (the air) sharply with loud noise.
- to harrow or distress (the heart) with painful feelings.
v.i. - to split or tear something.
- to become torn or split.
- bef. 950; Middle English renden, Old English rendan; cognate with Old Frisian renda
rend′i•ble, adj. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rive, sunder, sever, cleave, chop, fracture, rupture. See tear2.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ren•der1 (ren′dər),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cause to be or become;
make:to render someone helpless. - to do;
perform:to render a service. - to furnish;
provide:to render aid. - to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).
- to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.
- 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. - to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).
- to deliver formally or officially;
hand down:to render a verdict. - to translate into another language:to render French poems into English.
- to represent;
depict, as in painting:to render a landscape. - to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.
- to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution;
interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music. - to give in return or requital:to render good for evil.
- to give back;
restore (often fol. by back). - to give up;
surrender. - [Building Trades.]to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.
- to melt down;
extract the impurities from by melting:to render fat. - to process, as for industrial use:to render livestock carcasses.
v.i. - to provide due reward.
- to try out oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.
n. - Buildinga first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration (formed by analogy with prendere to take) of Latin reddere to give back, equivalent. to red- red- + -dere, combining form of dare to give
- Middle French rendre
- Middle English rendren 1275–1325
ren′der•a•ble, adj. ren′der•er, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged give, supply, contribute, afford.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged demonstrate.
- 15.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cede, yield.
rend•er2 (ren′dər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that rends.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: render /ˈrɛndə/ vb (transitive)- to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action
- to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)
- to show (obedience), as due or expected
- to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital: to render blow for blow
- to cause to become: grief had rendered him simple-minded
- to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally
- to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting
- to translate (something) into another language or form
- (sometimes followed by up) to yield or give: the tomb rendered up its secret
- (often followed by back) to return (something); give back
- to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster
- (often followed by down) to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting
n - a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French rendre, from Latin reddere to give back (influenced by Latin prendere to grasp), from re- + dare to giveˈrenderable adj ˈrenderer n |