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render down

render down verb: to remove the fat from (a piece of meat) by cooking.

Verb

render down (third-person singular simple present renders down, present participle rendering down, simple past and past participle rendered down)

  1. (transitive) To remove the fat from (a piece of meat) by cooking.
  2. (transitive) To reduce a complex idea to its basic elements.

Forms of render down

third-person singular presentrenders down
present participlerendering down
past participlerendered down
pastrendered down

Questions about render down

What does render down mean?
Render down means to remove the fat from (a piece of meat) by cooking.
What part of speech is render down?
Render down is a verb.
What is the past tense of render down?
The past tense of render down is rendered down.

Words near render down in the dictionary

  1. rended
  2. rended one's garments
  3. Rendel
  4. Rendell
  5. render
  6. render down
  7. render off
  8. render unto Caesar
  9. render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's
  10. render'd
  11. renderability

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