borrow

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.

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v

Definition: adopt from another source; appropriate
Antonyms: give, return

v

Definition: take for temporary use
Antonyms: give, lend, pay, return

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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.

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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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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