Synonyms: render
Definition: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
Similar words: stucco
Definition: a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
Synonyms: render
Definition: cause to become
Usage: The shot rendered her immobile
Definition: give certain properties to something
Usage: get someone mad; She made us look silly; He made a fool of himself at the meeting; Don't make this into a big deal; This invention will make you a millionaire; Make yourself clear
Definition: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
Usage: try the yak butter; render fat in a casserole
Similar words: melt, melt down, run
Definition: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Usage: melt butter; melt down gold; The wax melted in the sun
Synonyms: render, translate, interpret
Definition: restate (words) from one language into another language
Usage: 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.N.
Similar words: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell
Definition: to say, state, or perform again
Usage: She kept reiterating her request
Definition: bestow
Usage: give homage; render thanks
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
Synonyms: deliver, render, return
Definition: pass down
Usage: render a verdict; deliver a judgment
Similar words: put across, pass, pass along, pass on, communicate
Definition: transmit information
Usage: Please communicate this message to all employees; pass along the good news
Synonyms: render
Definition: coat with plastic or cement
Usage: render the brick walls in the den
Definition: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
Usage: coat the cake with chocolate
Synonyms: give, return, render, generate, yield
Definition: give or supply
Usage: 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
Similar words: create, make, produce
Definition: create or manufacture a man-made product
Usage: We produce more cars than we can sell; The company has been making toys for two centuries
Synonyms: render, picture, show, depict
Definition: show in, or as in, a picture
Usage: This scene depicts country life; the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
Similar words: represent, interpret
Definition: create an image or likeness of
Usage: The painter represented his wife as a young girl
Definition: give an interpretation or rendition of
Usage: The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully
Similar words: do, perform, execute
Definition: carry out or perform an action
Usage: John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters; the skater executed a triple pirouette; she did a little dance
Synonyms: deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, render
Definition: to surrender someone or something to another
Usage: the guard delivered the criminal to the police; render up the prisoners; render the town to the enemy; fork over the money
Similar words: hand, give, reach, pass, pass on, turn over
Definition: place into the hands or custody of
Usage: hand me the spoon, please; Turn the files over to me, please; He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
Definition: give back
Usage: render money
Similar words: give
Definition: transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
Usage: I gave her my money; can you give me lessons?; She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care
Definition: make over as a return
Usage: They had to render the estate
Similar words: gift, give, present
Definition: give as a present; make a gift of
Usage: What will you give her for her birthday?
Synonyms: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Similar words: give
Definition: transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
Usage: I gave her my money; can you give me lessons?; She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care