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Rendering and Key

rendering

noun

  • A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc..
    • usage: "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert"
  • An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious.
    • usage: "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"
  • The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance.
    • usage: "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving"
  • A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
  • A coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall.
  • Perspective drawing of an architect's design.
  • Giving in acknowledgment of obligation.

verb

  • Cause to become.
    • usage: "The shot rendered her immobile"
  • Give something useful or necessary to.
    • usage: "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
  • Give an interpretation or rendition of.
    • usage: "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
  • 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"
  • Pass down.
    • usage: "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
  • Make over as a return.
    • usage: "They had to render the estate"
  • Give back.
    • usage: "render money"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Coat with plastic or cement.
    • usage: "render the brick walls in the den"
  • Bestow.
    • usage: "give homage"; "render thanks"
  • 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."
  • Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.
    • usage: "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
key

noun

  • Metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated.
  • Something crucial for explaining.
    • usage: "the key to development is economic integration"
  • Pitch of the voice.
    • usage: "he spoke in a low key"
  • Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music.
  • A kilogram of a narcotic drug.
    • usage: "they were carrying two keys of heroin"
  • A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
  • United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843.
  • A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
  • Basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court. (
    • usage: "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"
  • A list of answers to a test.
    • usage: "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"
  • A list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations.
  • A generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access.
    • usage: "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"
  • Mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock.
  • The central building block at the top of an arch or vault.
  • A lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed.

verb

  • Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
  • Provide with a key.
    • usage: "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"
  • Vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key.
    • usage: "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
  • Regulate the musical pitch of.
  • Harmonize with or adjust to.
    • usage: "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"

adjective

  • Serving as an essential component.
    • usage: "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Key is a password needed to decipher encrypted data.

Key is a masculine given name
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