borrow
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bor·row
(bŏr'ō, bôr'ō) 
v., -rowed, -row·ing, -rows. v.tr.
To obtain or receive something.
idiom:
v., -rowed, -row·ing, -rows. v.tr.
- To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.
- To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.
- In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.
- Linguistics. To adopt (a word) from one language to use in another.
To obtain or receive something.
idiom:
borrow trouble
- To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.
[Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian.]
borrower bor'row·er n.
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Idioms beginning with borrow:
borrow trouble
In addition to the idiom beginning with borrow, also see beg, borrow, or steal; on borrowed time.
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borrow
v
Definition: adopt from another source; appropriate
Antonyms: give, return
v
Definition: take for temporary use
Antonyms: give, lend, pay, return
Material taken from one location for use as fill elsewhere.
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borrow
IN BRIEF: To use something for a while by agreeing to return it later.
Before you borrow money from a friend, decide which you need more.
— Gene Brown
Tutor's tip: The "borough" (town) had to "borrow" (receive a loan) a "burro" (donkey) to carry the soil away from the opening of the "burrow" (lair or den).
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borrow
as in: someone let's you borrow something from them
sign description: One K-handshape on top of the other, both move towards the chest.
sign description: One K-handshape on top of the other, both move towards the chest.
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categories related to 'borrow'
- Banking and Financial Services - borrow: (vb) take out a loan with understanding that it will be repaid in specified time, usu. with interest
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Borrow
Borrow or borrowing can mean: to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- In finance, monetary debt
- In language, the use of loanwords
- In arithmetic, when a digit become smaller than limit and the deficiency is taken from the next digit to the left
- In music, the use of borrowed chords
- In the Discworld fictional universe, "the art of overlaying one's hi mind on the mind of another creature so that she can see through its eyes and steer its actions" as practised by the character Granny Weatherwax
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- In construction, borrow pit.
People
- David Borrow
- George Borrow
- Nik Borrow, bird artist
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Borrow
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - låne
v. intr. - låne
n. - lån, borgen, fyld
Nederlands (Dutch)
lenen, te leen krijgen, borgen
Français (French)
v. tr. - (Fin) faire un emprunt, adapter de, (Math) ajouter
v. intr. - (Fin) faire un emprunt, emprunter en fonction des revenus
n. - emprunt
Deutsch (German)
v. - leihen, borgen
n. - Borgen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δανείζομαι
Italiano (Italian)
prendere in prestito
idioms:
- living on borrowed time avere i giorni contati
Português (Portuguese)
v. - tomar emprestado
idioms:
- living on borrowed time viver mais do que esperado
Русский (Russian)
брать взаймы
idioms:
- living on borrowed time (его) дни сочтены
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pedir o tomar prestado
v. intr. - apropiarse
n. - tipo de golpe en el golf
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
借, 借入, 借用, 擅自取走, 采用, 借入物
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 借, 借入, 借用, 擅自取走, 採用
v. intr. - 借
n. - 借入物
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 빌다
v. intr. - 빌리다, 공을 치다
n. - 차용
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 借りる, 借用する, 取り入れる
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) استعار, اقترض, استلف, اقتبس
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - שאל, גנב או המצאה או רעיון של אחר, העתיק
v. intr. - לווה
n. - שאל, לווה, גנב, העתיק
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