Dictionary Entry
lend
lend is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.
- 2transitive verb
To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.
- 3transitive verb
To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
- 4transitive verb
To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
- 5verb
give temporarily; let have for a limited time
"I will lend you my car"
"loan me some money"
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- 6verb
bestow a quality on
"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"
"The music added a lot to the play"
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- 7verb
have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to
"This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"
"The current system lends itself to great abuse"
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