borrow
IPA: bˈɑroʊ
noun
- (golf, countable, uncountable) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
- (construction, civil engineering) A borrow pit.
- (programming) In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
- (archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
- (archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.
- A surname.
verb
- To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
- To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
- (linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
- (arithmetic) 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.
- (Upper Midwestern United States, West Midlands, Malaysia, proscribed) To lend.
- (ditransitive) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
- To feign or counterfeit.
- (obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
- (informal) To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
- (informal) To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
- (golf) To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
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Examples of "borrow" in Sentences
- I had to borrow some money from my friend to pay for my unexpected car repairs
- Can I borrow your umbrella? It looks like it's going to rain
- She asked to borrow my book for her book club meeting
- It's not good to borrow trouble by worrying about things that may never happen
- I'll need to borrow a ladder to reach the top shelf in the garage
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