1. The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
   "her rendering of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving";
   - rendition, interpretation
    
2. A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
   "they heard a live rendering of three pieces by Schubert";
   - rendition
    
3. An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
   "the edict was subject to many renderings";
   - interpretation, interpreting, rendition
    
4. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
   "The translator provided a faithful rendering of the ancient text";
   - translation, interlingual rendition, version
    
5. Perspective drawing of an architect's design
   "The architect's rendering of the new building impressed the clients"
    
6. A coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
   "The rendering on the exterior walls gave the house a smooth finish"
    
7. Giving in acknowledgment of obligation
   "The company's rendering of the debt was prompt and in full"

1. Give something useful or necessary to
   "The company rendered assistance to its employees during the crisis";
   - supply, provide, furnish, offer
    
2. Cause to become
   "The shot rendered her immobile"
    
3. Perform or do in a particular way
   "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully";
   - interpret
    
4. Give or supply
   "The estate renders some revenue for the family";
   - yield, return, give, generate
    
5. Show in, or as in, a picture
   "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting";
   - picture, depict, show
    
6. Restate (words) from one language into another language
   "She rendered the French poem into English";
   - translate, interpret
    
7. (masonry) coat with plastic or cement
   "render the brick walls in the den"
    
8. Give back
   "render money";
   - return
    
9. To surrender someone or something to another
   "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy";
   - hand over, turn in, deliver
    
10. (law) make over as a return
    "They had to render the estate";
    - submit
     
11. Pass down
    "render a verdict";
    - deliver, return
     
12. Bestow
    "render thanks";
    - give
     
13. (cooking) melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
    "render fat in a casserole";
    - try
     
14. (computing) convert a digital description of something into an image that can be displayed on screen
    "The 3D software took several minutes to render the complex scene"
     
15. Convert waste animal tissue into usable by-products
    "The carcasses were rendered into pet food"

Derived forms: renderings

Type of: coat, coating, communicate, create, defrayal, defrayment, do, drawing, execute, explanation, get, gift, give, hand, ingeminate [archaic], intercommunicate, interpret, iterate, make, melt, melt down, pass, pass along, pass on, payment, perform, performance, present, produce, public presentation, put across, reach, reiterate, repeat, represent, restate, retell, run, surface, turn over, written account, written record

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