🔄 To make become 🤝 To provide 🎨 To show or create 🥓 To melt fat 🏠 A wall coating 🧱 To cover with plaster

to render

2 6.5

To cover a wall with plaster or cement to make it smooth and protect it

verb
/ˈrɛndər/

: enlucir

The workers will render the walls of the new building with a protective layer of plaster.

Examples

To prevent damage from moisture, it is essential to render exterior walls with a suitable coating.
Before painting, make sure to render the surface smooth by applying cement.
So I'm going to render on the backside of this paper.
Hence, mariculture must be rendered independent of the use of agricultural products.

Academic text (2009)
It's poorly designed, poorly fitted, and rendered in a tacky fabric.

Blog text (4)
So Solomon asked her to marry him, and to please him she used various unguents and herbs to render the legs as smooth as a baby's skin...

Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

to cover

vsto render

∞ 1.0

To put something over another thing to protect or hide it

specifically applies a wall coating for a smooth protective surface

to panel

vsto render

13 5.3

To cover a wall or ceiling with flat pieces of material

uses an applied coating for a smooth protective layer rather than attached boards

to plaster

vsto render

9 3.4

To cover a wall or ceiling with a soft paste to make it smooth

uses various materials including cement as well as pasty ones

to plaster over

vsto render

1 4.5

To cover a surface with a layer of material or paint to hide damage

aims to create an even protective surface rather than just hide flaws

to stucco

vsto render

Specialized

1 6.3

To cover a wall or ceiling with hard plaster

is broader, applying protective smooth coatings not only decorative finishes

to render-set

vsto render

9.2

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

covers with a single layer rather than multiple coats

to dry-wall

vsto render

5.6

To put large flat boards on a wall to make it smooth before painting

applies a continuous wet coating rather than attaching sheet materials

Antonyms

to expose

146 2.8

Make something visible by removing a cover or letting light reach it

to strip

42 2.7

Remove all covering or contents from an object so it is left bare

Idioms

to render unto Caesar

Literature

1 9.9

Give what you owe to the government, especially taxes

Phrasal Verbs

to render-set

9.2

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

How Smooth

to skim

1 4.1

to render

2 6.5

to plaster

9 3.4

to roughcast

9.3

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'. Imagine 'giving a coat' to a wall, so to render a wall is to coat it with plaster to make a smooth, protective surface.