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Borrow

Borrow Meaning & Definition
Borrow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Borrow?

[v] get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
[v] take up and practice as one's own

Synonyms | Synonyms for Borrow: adopt | take over | take up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Borrow: abstract | act like | adopt | affect | and | annex | appropriate | assume | bag | boost | bum | cadge | chorus | cop | copy | counterfeit | crib | defraud | discount | discount notes | ditto | do | do like | draw | echo | embezzle | extort | fake | filch | float a loan | forge | get a loan | get into debt | get on credit | go in debt | go in hock | go like | hit one for | hit up | hoke | hoke up | hook | imitate | infringe a copyright | lend | lift | make like | make off with | mirror | mooch | negotiate a loan | nip | obtain | palm | pawn | pilfer | pinch | pirate | plagiarize | plunge into debt | poach | purloin | raise money | reecho | refer to | reflect | repeat | run away with | run into debt | rustle | scrounge | shave | shoplift | show a deficit | simulate | snare | snatch | snitch | sponge | steal | swindle | swipe | take | thieve | touch | walk off with

See Also | accept | acquire | get | have | take

Borrow In Webster's Dictionary

\Bor"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Borrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Borrowing}.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. ?95. See 1st {Borough}.] 1. 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. 2. (Arith.) 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. 3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. Rites borrowed from the ancients. --Macaulay. It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. --Milton. 4. To feign or counterfeit. ``Borrowed hair.'' --Spenser. The borrowed majesty of England. --Shak. 5. To receive; to take; to derive. Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. --Shak. {To borrow trouble}, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.
\Bor"row\, n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.] Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. --Sir W. Scott. 2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.] Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week. --Shak.

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