Definition of to borrow in English English dictionary: lend; Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant
This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.; To lend; To adopt a word from another language; In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result; To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone); To adopt (an idea) as one's own; To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it; {v} to take by consent to use and return the same, or an equivalent in kind, to copy; Sand, gravel or other material used for grading; Used in place of lend, as in, "Could youse borrow me a couple two-tree bucks, yahhey?"; A term, mostly British, referring to how much break will need to be anticipated when lining up a putt; Used in the contradictory form as "Lend" "Could you borrow me 20 bucks?"; to obtain money from someone to use in the present, with the intention of paying it back later; If you borrow money from someone or from a bank, they give it to you and you agree to pay it back at some time in the future. Morgan borrowed £5,000 from his father to form the company 20 years ago It's so expensive to borrow from finance companies He borrowed heavily to get the money together; A surety; someone standing bail; If you borrow something such as a word or an idea from another language or from another person's work, you use it in your own language or work. I borrowed his words for my book's title Their engineers are happier borrowing other people's ideas than developing their own; [a book] - The same as charge out; To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another; If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission. Can I borrow a pen please? He wouldn't let me borrow his clothes. lend; The act of borrowing; Someone who is living on borrowed time or who is on borrowed time has continued to live or to do something for longer than was expected, and is likely to die or be stopped from doing it soon. Perhaps that illness, diagnosed as fatal, gave him a sense of living on borrowed time; {f} take on loan; copy; steal; vi meminjam (pinjam); To copy a word from another language; Material excavated from one area to be used as fill material in another area; A ransom; a pledge or guarantee; Fill material taken from a site other than the trail way excavation Good borrow pits can often be found beneath root balls from fallen trees; Earth brought in from another location to be used as fill material; To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend; Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage; to subtract one from a digit and add ten to the next digit (to the right) -- " we borrow one from the tens place " (80); How much you have to aim right or left when putting to allow for the slope of the green to bring the ball back to the hole; To adopt (an idea) as ones own; To feign or counterfeit; To receive; to take; to derive; To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; the opposite of lend; If you borrow a book from a library, you take it away for a fixed period of time. I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library; to receive money that will later have to be paid back (usually plus interest); get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?; v to take as a loan; get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"; take up and practice as one's own; British term for the amount a purr will deviate from a straight line due to the slope of the green; Material excavated from one area to be used as fill material in another area The constractor will use borrow material for the stability berms at all four dams

to borrow

Hyphenation

to Bor·row

Turkish pronunciation

tı bärō

Pronunciation

/tə ˈbäˌrō/ /tə ˈbɑːˌroʊ/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.