borrow

[Bor·row]

The word borrow means to take something and use it temporarily. You can borrow a book from the library, or borrow twenty bucks from your mom, or even borrow an idea from your friend.

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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.

Verb
get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

Verb
take up and practice as one''s own

v. t.
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.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.

v. t.
To feign or counterfeit.

v. t.
To receive; to take; to derive.

n.
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

n.
The act of borrowing.

Borrow

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.

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.

4. To feign or counterfeit. "Borrowed hair." Spenser.

The borrowed majesty of England.

5. To receive; to take; to derive.

Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother.

To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.

Borrow

Bor"row, n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.]

Ye may retain as borrows my two priests.

2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.]

Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week.

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.

Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

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Usage Examples

I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.

I pretty much borrow my entire beauty regime from my mom.

My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddy's movie is wack, but they loved it.

I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people have the ability to borrow to finance a house even in a very damaging recession. I think there's going to be a good case for that.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

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Other Usage Examples

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home.

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

I would borrow my mom's red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown!

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.'

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.