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(bŏr'ō, bôr'ō) pronunciation

v., -rowed, -row·ing, -rows.

v.tr.
  1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.
  2. To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.
  3. 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.
  4. Linguistics. To adopt (a word) from one language to use in another.
v.intr.
To obtain or receive something.

idiom:

borrow trouble

  1. To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.

[Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian.]

borrower bor'row·er n.

Idioms beginning with borrow:
borrow trouble

In addition to the idiom beginning with borrow, also see beg, borrow, or steal; on borrowed time.


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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IN BRIEF: To use something for a while by agreeing to return it later.

pronunciation 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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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.




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  See crossword solutions for the clue 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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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

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - låna

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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