Lend vs. Lent

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

Lentnoun

alternative form of Lent|

Lentverb

simple past tense and past participle of lend

Lent

imp. & p. p. of Lend.

Lentnoun

A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

Lentadjective

Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

Lentadjective

See Lento.

Lentnoun

a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

Lentnoun

(in the Christian Church) the period preceding Easter, which is devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. In the Western Church it runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, and so includes forty weekdays.

Lentnoun

the boat races held at Cambridge University in the Lent term.

Lent

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is a religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later; depending on the Christian denomination and local custom, Lent concludes either on the evening of Maundy Thursday, or at sundown on Holy Saturday, when the Easter Vigil is celebrated. Regardless, Lenten practices are properly maintained until the evening of Holy Saturday.