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render
A	noun
	1	render
			a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚mixture ╚plaster ╚stucco ╚render
B	verb
	1	render
			cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚make; get ╚render
	2	try, render
			melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
		Category Tree: change ╚change integrity ╚dissolve; resolve; break up ╚melt; run; melt down ╚try, render
	3	translate, interpret, render
			restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚repeat; reiterate; ingeminate; iterate; restate; retell ╚translate, interpret, render ╚latinize ╚gloss ╚mistranslate ╚retranslate
	4	give, render
			bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚give, render ╚dedicate
	5	render, deliver, return
			pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚render, deliver, return
	6	render
			coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den"
		Category Tree: cover ╚coat; surface ╚render
	7	render, yield, return, give, generate
			give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
		Category Tree: produce; make; create ╚render, yield, return, give, generate
	8	picture, depict, render, show
			show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚re-create ╚represent; interpret ╚picture, depict, render, show ╚map ╚illustrate
	9	interpret, render
			give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
		Category Tree: perform; execute; do ╚interpret, render ╚sing
	10	hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, deliver, render
			to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚pass; hand; reach; pass on; turn over; give ╚hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, deliver, render ╚give away ╚bail
	11	render, return
			give back; "render money"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚render, return ╚feed back; resubmit
	12	render, submit
			make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"
		Category Tree: give; gift; present ╚render, submit
	13	supply, provide, render, furnish
			provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚supply, provide, render, furnish ╚stint; skimp; scant ╚fund ╚calk ╚feed ╚date ╚charge ╚hydrate

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