borrow

borrow is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
4. transitive verb. To feign or counterfeit.
5. transitive verb. To receive; to take; to derive.
6. noun. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
7. noun. The act of borrowing.
8. verb. get temporarily

   "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

9. verb. take up and practice as one's own

   Synonyms: adopt

Synonyms

adopt

Common word forms

borrows, borrowed, borrower, borrowing, borrowable

Words from these letters

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