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rendering




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rendering
     1. n. The act or process by which something is rendered.
     2. n. Version; translation.
     3. n. Sketch, illustration, or painting.
     4. n. (computer graphics) The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.
render
     1. v. (ditransitive) To cause to become.
           The shot rendered her immobile.
     2. v. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
           The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
     3. v. To translate into another language.
           to render Latin into English
     4. v. To pass down.
           render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
     5. v. To make over as a return.
           They had to render the estate.
     6. v. To give; to give back; to deliver.
           render aid; render money
           to render an account of what really happened
     7. v. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
     8. v. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
           rendering images
     9. v. To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
     10. v. To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
           rendering of fat into soap
     11. v. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
           Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.
     12. v. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
           to render with stucco
     13. v. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
           A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.
     14. v. (nautical) To yield or give way.
     15. v. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
     16. v. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
     17. n. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
     18. n. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
           A low-resolution render might look blocky.
     19. n. (obsolete) A surrender.
     20. n. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
     21. n. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
     22. n. One who rends.

Example Sentences

When leaders dominate their parties, rendering them redundant for as long as they rule, afterwards they leave a wreck like the Tory party. 
Yet, for the rendering of the oddity of consciousness, of the way the mind can insert one incongruous thought into another, it can be a novelist's most important resource. 
Natural scabs everywhere are dreading the product coming on the market and rendering them useless. 



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