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verb
  1. 1
    formal to provide a service, or to give help to someone or something

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of render*

    To help someone: help, assist, support, help out, give, get behind, get through, nurse, benefit, guide... more
  3. 3
    formal to make someone or something be or become something

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of render*

    Linking verbs: appear, be, become, come over, feel, form, get, go, grow, look... more
  5. 5
    to cover a wall with plaster or cement

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of render*

    To cover something with a specific substance: carpet, paper, plaster, cement, board over, tile, plate, varnish, wax, ice... more
  6. 6

    render

     or

    render down

     to heat solid fat to make it liquid, or to boil bones and pieces of meat to produce fat that can be used for cooking

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of render*

    Cook food or be cooked: bake, barbecue, baste, boil, boil down, braise, broil, brown, burn, charbroil... more

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