render

To make someone or something become a particular way.

• The rain rendered the path unsafe.
• The blow rendered him unconscious.
• New evidence may render the agreement invalid.

How to use it: render someone/something + adjective (The accident rendered the car unusable.)

Similar words: make

Common phrases: render something useless, render someone unconscious, render something impossible, render something harmless

To give something or provide a service, especially because it is your duty.

• The doctor rendered immediate aid.
• We thanked them for the services they had rendered.
• The agency will render assistance to families affected by the flood.

How to use it: render something to someone (The volunteers rendered assistance to the injured passengers.)

Similar words: provide, give, supply

Common phrases: render assistance, render aid, render a service

To show something in a picture or create a visible image from a computer model.

• The software renders the scene.
• She rendered the garden in soft shades of green.
• The computer took several minutes to render the detailed model.

How to use it: render something in something (The artist rendered the landscape in bright colours.)

Similar words: depict, portray

Common phrases: render an image, render a scene, render in something

If fat does this during cooking, it melts and comes out of the meat.

• The fat begins to render.
• Much of the fat rendered during cooking.
• Cook slowly until the fat renders and the skin turns crisp.

Similar words: melt

Common phrases: fat will render, render during cooking, render out

To express words or writing in another language.

• He rendered the letter into English.
• The translator rendered the old poem into modern Spanish.
• How would you render this phrase into German?

How to use it: render something into a language (She rendered the poem into French.)

Similar words: translate

Common phrases: render into English, render a poem, render something into

An image created by a computer from a model of an object or scene.

• The render looks realistic.
• She created three renders with different lighting.
• We need a higher resolution render for the presentation.

How to use it: a render of something (The designer showed us a render of the new kitchen.)

Similar words: rendered image

Common phrases: final render, realistic render, render of something