Lend vs. Borrow
Lendnoun
The lumbar region; loin.
Lendnoun
The loins; flank; buttocks.
Lendverb
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
Lendverb
(intransitive) To make a loan.
Lendverb
(reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
Lendverb
To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
Lendverb
(proscribed) To borrow.
Lendverb
To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; - opposed to borrow.
Lendverb
To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.
Lendverb
To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
Lendverb
To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
Lendverb
bestow a quality on;
Lendverb
give temporarily; let have for a limited time;
Lendverb
have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to;
Lendverb
grant to (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it will be returned
Lendverb
allow (a person or organization) the use of (a sum of money) under an agreement to pay it back later, typically with interest
Lendverb
contribute or add (a quality) to
Lendverb
accommodate or adapt oneself to
Lendverb
(of a thing) be suitable for
Borrowverb
To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
Borrowverb
To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.
Borrowverb
To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
Borrowverb
(linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
Borrowverb
(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
Borrowverb
To lend.
Borrowverb
To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
Borrowverb
To feign or counterfeit.
Borrownoun
(golf) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
Borrownoun
A borrow pit.
Borrownoun
(archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
Borrownoun
(archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.
Borrowverb
To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; - the opposite of lend.
Borrowverb
To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; - a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
Borrowverb
To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
Borrowverb
To feign or counterfeit.
Borrowverb
To receive; to take; to derive.
Borrownoun
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
Borrownoun
The act of borrowing.
Borrowverb
get temporarily;
Borrowverb
take up and practice as one's own
