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borrow
1[bor-oh, bawr-oh]
verb (used with object)
to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.
Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign source.
to borrow an idea from the opposition;
to borrow a word from French.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Arithmetic.(in subtraction) to take from one denomination and add to the next lower.
verb (used without object)
to borrow something.
Don't borrow unless you intend to repay.
Nautical.
to sail close to the wind; luff.
to sail close to the shore.
Golf.to putt on other than a direct line from the lie of the ball to the hole, to compensate for the incline or roll of the green.
Borrow
2[bor-oh, bawr-oh]
noun
George, 1803–81, English traveler, writer, and student of languages, especially Romani.
borrow
1/ ˈɒəʊ /
verb
to obtain or receive (something, such as money) on loan for temporary use, intending to give it, or something equivalent or identical, back to the lender
to adopt (ideas, words, etc) from another source; appropriate
not_standardto lend
golf to putt the ball uphill of the direct path to the hole
(intr) golf (of a ball) to deviate from a straight path because of the slope of the ground
noun
golf a deviation of a ball from a straight path because of the slope of the ground
a left borrow
material dug from a borrow pit to provide fill at another
living an unexpected extension of life
close to death
Borrow
2/ ˈɒəʊ /
noun
George ( Henry ). 1803–81, English traveller and writer. His best-known works are the semiautobiographical novels of Gypsy life and language, Lavengro (1851) and its sequel The Romany Rye (1857)
Usage
Other Word Forms
- borrowable adjective
- borrower noun
- nonborrowed adjective
- nonborrower noun
- overborrow verb
- unborrowed adjective
- Borrovian adjective
- ˈǰǷɱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of borrow1
Word History and Origins
Origin of borrow1
Idioms and Phrases
borrow trouble, to do something that is unnecessary and may cause future harm or inconvenience.
Example Sentences
And what, asked Sky News, about his self-imposed restrictions on government borrowing, known as his fiscal rules?
Plans for borrowing and spending had kept inflation higher, he said.
Instead of the traditional party — and an accompanying feast of pizza, papusas and other Mexican and Central American delicacies — students handed in their borrowed instruments Friday and quietly said their farewells.
Tens upon tens of billions of pounds of taxes and borrowing for public services and long-term projects, like rail lines and power stations.
Other factors such as increased borrowing costs and decarbonisation plans were also playing a part, said GEL.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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