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to render

to render

52 6.3
To show an idea in an artistic way, for example in music, art, or translation
  • verb
  • /ˈrɛndər/
translation icon : representar
  • In this re-creation of an ostensibly sensual experience, sense impressions are rendered with great precision.
  • rendered image
  • render into English
  • render a text

Those are just some tips on how I render white fabrics.

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Examples

  • Wow, yes, film just renders colors so well.

  • Yeah, that's going to take 18 hours to render.

  • Yeah, let me just render this entire game first.

  • Father Brown, would you render it for us?

  • Casey had spoken about this at great length, trying to render these complicated ideas in accessible language.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • This is a gorgeous, gorgeous display item rendered magnificently.

  • Hence, classical artists tended to render narratives differently from the way we often do today.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In the fourth panel, the artist stood before the window, nicely rendered in chiaroscuro with backlighting.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Here, a torso-length portrait of the Minotaur, rendered in gray, black, and white, already occupies this square area.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The artist will render a new landscape painting for the exhibition.

Synonyms

to draw
vsto render
939 1.0

Make a picture with a pen or pencil

includes that manual making but also performance and digital image production
to show
vsto render
  • US
932 1.0

To make a picture of a person or place

is broader, covering artistic expression beyond simple visual display
to illustrate
vsto render
301 3.5

To explain something using pictures or examples

is focused on artistic expression rather than only explanation or decorative support
to translate
vsto render
258 2.4

Express spoken or written words in another language

is artistic representation, not limited to changing words between languages
to depict
vsto render
176 3.5

To show something in a picture or in words

is broader, including performance and technical image creation beyond visual description
to picture
vsto render
69 2.5

To make an image of a person or thing

is broader and covers other artistic methods beyond image or imagination
to portray
vsto render
30 3.7

To show a person or thing in art like a painting

is wider, applying also to performance and digital image creation
to interpret
vsto render
15 4.1

To perform music or a role in your own way

is more general and can include neutral representation or digital image production

Idioms

1 9.9

Give what you owe to the government, especially taxes

Phrasal Verbs

9.2

To cover a wall with two coats of plaster to make it smooth

How Detailed

to reproduce
41 4.0
to render
52 6.3
to depict
176 3.5
to draw
939 1.0
sketch
150 2.5

Surface Forms

render infinitive
rendered past
rendered past participle
rendering present participle
renders third person singular

Etymology

Render comes from the Old French rendre and the Latin reddere, which mean 'to give back'. Think of an artist or translator 'giving back' a scene or a poem in a new form, so to render something is to show or express it in another way.