Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive verb
To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
- 4transitive verb
To feign or counterfeit.
- 5transitive verb
To receive; to take; to derive.
- 6noun
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
- 7noun
The act of borrowing.
- 8verb
get temporarily
"May I borrow your lawn mower?"
- 9verb
take up and practice as one's own
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