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bor·row B0406200 (bŏr′ō, bôr′ō)v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows v.tr.1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.2. To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.3. In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.4. Linguistics To adopt (a word) from one language for use in another.v.intr.1. To borrow something.2. Linguistics To adopt words from one language for use in another.Idiom: borrow trouble To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.
[Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh- in Indo-European roots.]
bor′row·er n.borrow (ˈbɒrəʊ) vb1. to obtain or receive (something, such as money) on loan for temporary use, intending to give it, or something equivalent or identical, back to the lender2. to adopt (ideas, words, etc) from another source; appropriate3. not standard to lend4. (Golf) golf to putt the ball uphill of the direct path to the hole5. (Golf) (intr) golf (of a ball) to deviate from a straight path because of the slope of the groundn6. (Golf) golf a deviation of a ball from a straight path because of the slope of the ground: a left borrow. 7. (Civil Engineering) material dug from a borrow pit to provide fill at another8. living on borrowed time a. living an unexpected extension of lifeb. close to death[Old English borgian; related to Old High German borgēn to take heed, give security] ˈborrower nUsage: The use of off after borrow was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts
Borrow (ˈbɒrəʊ) n (Biography) George (Henry). 1803–81, English traveller and writer. His best-known works are the semiautobiographical novels of Gypsy life and language, Lavengro (1851) and its sequel The Romany Rye (1857)bor•row (ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊ)
v.t. 1. to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: to borrow a pencil. 2. to appropriate or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow a word from French. 3. to take or adopt as one's own: to borrow an idea. 4. (in subtraction) to take from one denomination and add to the next lower. v.i. 5. to borrow something. Idioms: borrow trouble, to do something unnecessary that may cause future harm or inconvenience. [before 900; Middle English; Old English borgian to borrow, lend, derivative of borg a pledge] bor′row•a•ble, adj. bor′row•er, n. borrow lend">lendIf you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you use it for a period of time and then return it. Could I borrow your car?I borrowed this book from the library.If you lend something you own to someone else, you allow them to have it or use it for a period of time. The past tense form and -ed participle of lend is lent. I lent her £50.Would you lend me your calculator?Be Careful!
You don't normally talk about borrowing or lending things that can't move. Don't say, for example, 'Can I borrow your garage next week?' You say 'Can I use your garage next week?' You can use our washing machine.Similarly, you don't usually say 'He lent me his office while he was on holiday'. You say 'He let me use his office while he was on holiday'. She brought them mugs of coffee and let them use her bath.borrow
Past participle: borrowed
Gerund: borrowing
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| I borrow | | you borrow | | he/she/it borrows | | we borrow | | you borrow | | they borrow |
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| I borrowed | | you borrowed | | he/she/it borrowed | | we borrowed | | you borrowed | | they borrowed |
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| I am borrowing | | you are borrowing | | he/she/it is borrowing | | we are borrowing | | you are borrowing | | they are borrowing |
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| I have borrowed | | you have borrowed | | he/she/it has borrowed | | we have borrowed | | you have borrowed | | they have borrowed |
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| I was borrowing | | you were borrowing | | he/she/it was borrowing | | we were borrowing | | you were borrowing | | they were borrowing |
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| I had borrowed | | you had borrowed | | he/she/it had borrowed | | we had borrowed | | you had borrowed | | they had borrowed |
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| I will borrow | | you will borrow | | he/she/it will borrow | | we will borrow | | you will borrow | | they will borrow |
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| I will have borrowed | | you will have borrowed | | he/she/it will have borrowed | | we will have borrowed | | you will have borrowed | | they will have borrowed |
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| I will be borrowing | | you will be borrowing | | he/she/it will be borrowing | | we will be borrowing | | you will be borrowing | | they will be borrowing |
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| I have been borrowing | | you have been borrowing | | he/she/it has been borrowing | | we have been borrowing | | you have been borrowing | | they have been borrowing |
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| I will have been borrowing | | you will have been borrowing | | he/she/it will have been borrowing | | we will have been borrowing | | you will have been borrowing | | they will have been borrowing |
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| I had been borrowing | | you had been borrowing | | he/she/it had been borrowing | | we had been borrowing | | you had been borrowing | | they had been borrowing |
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| I would borrow | | you would borrow | | he/she/it would borrow | | we would borrow | | you would borrow | | they would borrow |
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| I would have borrowed | | you would have borrowed | | he/she/it would have borrowed | | we would have borrowed | | you would have borrowed | | they would have borrowed |
borrowSlope on a putting green.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | borrow - get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"loan, lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" | | 2. | borrow - take up and practice as one's ownadopt, take up, take overaccept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" |
borrowverb1. take on loan, touch (someone) for (slang), scrounge (informal), blag (slang), mooch (slang), cadge, use temporarily, take and return Can I borrow a pen please?
take on loan give, return, provide, supply, advance, loan, lend2. steal, take, use, copy, adopt, appropriate, acquire, pinch (informal), pirate, poach, pilfer, filch, plagiarize I borrowed his words for my book's title.Quotations
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]Translationsborrow (ˈborəu) verb to take (something, often money) temporarily with the intention of returning it. He borrowed a book from the library. 借 借ˈborrower noun 借用者 借用者ˈborrowing noun 借 借
borrow from: I borrow money from a friend .
lend to: My friend lends money to me / My friend lends me money . - Do you have a pen I could borrow? → 您有没有笔借我用一下？
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beg, borrow, or stealTo acquire or accomplish something by any means necessary or available. I don't care if you have to beg, borrow, or steal to get it, I want that car and I want it now! I'm in such a jam, I can't even beg, borrow, or steal the money I need to pay my rent this month.See also: stealborrowed timeAn uncertain length of time that may end soon or suddenly, bringing any activity, situation, or fortunes associated with it to an end as well. Usually refers to the final period of one's life, in the form "living on borrowed time." In the scope of the planet's history, human existence is a tiny blip and unlikely to last forever—just borrowed time, really. Accidents and disease can strike so unexpectedly that it feels like we're all living on borrowed time.See also: borrow, timeexist on borrowed timeTo live or exist in a temporary and/or tenuous position, which may come to an end suddenly and abruptly. The small aboriginal population has been existing on borrowed time since the invaders began colonizing their land. Accidents and disease can strike so unexpectedly that it feels like we're all existing on borrowed time.See also: borrow, exist, on, timeborrow from (someone or something)1. Literally, to use something that belongs to another person, with the intent to return it later. A noun or pronoun can be used between "borrow" and "from." Because I found a date to the dance at the last minute, I just borrowed a dress and shoes from my sister. I ran out of art supplies so I had to start borrowing from Steve.2. Of a work of some kind, to use elements from something else. That movie may be a comedy, but its plot borrows from crime films of the 1940s.See also: borrowborrow troubleTo do something that is unnecessary and likely to cause problems later. That kid isn't bullying you, so if you tattle on him to the teacher, you're definitely borrowing trouble.See also: borrow, troubleon borrowed timeIn a temporary and/or tenuous position, which will likely come to an end suddenly and abruptly. The company has been on borrowed time ever since those risky investments in 2007 went sour. Accidents and disease can strike so unexpectedly that it feels like we're all existing on borrowed time.See also: borrow, on, timelive on borrowed timeTo live or exist in a temporary and/or tenuous position, which may come to an end suddenly and abruptly. Accidents and disease can strike so unexpectedly that it feels like we're all living on borrowed time.See also: borrow, live, on, timebe living on borrowed timeTo be living or existing in a temporary and/or tenuous position, which may come to an end suddenly and abruptly. Accidents and disease can strike so unexpectedly that it feels like we're all living on borrowed time.See also: borrow, living, on, timeborrowed plumesA showy display that is not truly one's own. I know you lied to me earlier, so quit adorning yourself with borrowed plumes and tell me what you really contributed to this event.See also: borrow, plumeborrow somethingEuph. to steal something. The bank robber borrowed a car to drive out of state. I discovered that my office mate had been borrowing money out of my wallet when I wasn't looking.borrow something from someoneto request and receive the use of something from someone. Can I borrow a hammer from you? Sorry, this hammer was borrowed from my father.See also: borrowborrow troubleFig. to worry needlessly; to make trouble for oneself. Worrying too much about death is just borrowing trouble. Do not get involved with politics. That's borrowing trouble.See also: borrow, troublelive on borrowed timeFig. to exist only because of good fortune; to live on when death was expected. The doctors told him he was living on borrowed time. You are living on borrowed time, so make the best of it.See also: borrow, live, on, timebeg, borrow, or stealObtain by any possible means, as in You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal tickets to the Olympics. This term is often used in the negative, to describe something that cannot be obtained; Chaucer used it in The Tale of the Man of Law. [Late 1300s] See also: stealborrow troubleGo out of one's way to do something that may be harmful, as in Just sign the will-telling her about it ahead of time is borrowing trouble. [Mid-1800s] Also see ask for, def. 2. See also: borrow, troubleon borrowed time, liveOutlive reasonable expectations, as in Our twenty-year-old car is living on borrowed time, or The vet said our dog is living on borrowed time. This expression alludes to time borrowed from death. [Late 1800s] See also: borrow, live, onbe living on borrowed time or be on borrowed time COMMON If someone or something is living on borrowed time or is on borrowed time, they are not expected to survive for much longer. The organization is living on borrowed time. Its state funding runs out in June of this year, and beyond that, the future is in doubt. From this moment onwards, this government is on borrowed time.See also: borrow, living, on, timeborrow trouble take needless action that may have bad effects. North AmericanSee also: borrow, troubleliving on borrowed time continuing to survive against expectations (used with the implication that this will not be for much longer).See also: borrow, living, on, timeborrowed plumes a pretentious display not rightly your own. This phrase refers to the fable of the jay which dressed itself in the peacock's feathers.See also: borrow, plumeˌbeg, ˌborrow or ˈsteal (also ˌbeg, ˌsteal or ˈborrow) obtain something any way you can: We’ll have to beg, steal or borrow enough money to pay the fines.See also: borrow, stealbe/live on borrowed ˈtime
1 (of a person who is seriously ill) live longer than the doctors expected: The doctors say he’s living on borrowed time.
2 be doing something that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing: The government is on borrowed time (= they are not likely to be in power for long).See also: borrow, live, on, time borrow trouble To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.See also: borrow, troublebeg, borrow, or stealObtain in any possible way. This saying appears in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (The Tale of the Man of Law, ca. 1386): “Maugre [despite] thyn heed, thou most for indigence or stele, or begge, or borwe [borrow] thy despence [expenditure]!” In slightly different form it appears in a seventeenth-century poem with a cautionary moral that is quoted by Washington Irving (“But to beg or to borrow, or get a man’s own, ’tis the very worst world that ever was known”). Almost the same wording appeared in Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack (1742).See also: stealborrowed time, onAn unexpected extension of time. It often refers to someone terminally ill or in great danger but surviving longer than was anticipated, on time that is in effect borrowed from Death. The term dates from the late 1800s. Raymond Chandler used it in The Big Sleep (1930): “Brody was living on borrowed time.” James Patterson also had it, referring to the 48-hour deadline for a threatened bombing attack: “We were definitely operating on borrowed time” (London Bridges, 2004).See also: borrow, onborrow
borrow1. Golf a deviation of a ball from a straight path because of the slope of the ground 2. material dug from a borrow pit to provide fill at another
Borrow George (Henry). 1803--81, English traveller and writer. His best-known works are the semiautobiographical novels of Gypsy life and language, Lavengro (1851) and its sequel The Romany Rye (1857) borrow[′bä·rō] (civil engineering) Earth material such as sand and gravel that is taken from one location to be used as fill at another. (mathematics) An arithmetically negative carry; it occurs in direct subtraction by raising the low-order digit of the minuend by one unit of the next-higher-order digit; for example, when subtracting 67 from 92, a tens digit is borrowed from the 9, to raise the 2 to a factor of 12; the 7 of 67 is then subtracted from the 12 to yield 5 as the units digit of the difference; the 6 is then subtracted from 8, or 9-1, yielding 2 as the tens digit of the difference. borrowMaterial taken from one location for use as fill elsewhere.borrow
borrow Research ethics
A euphemism meaning to plagiarise.
Vox populi
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.LegalSeeBorrowerBorrow
BorrowTo obtain or receive money on loan with the promise or understanding that it will be repaid.BorrowTo receive money from another party with the agreement that the money will be repaid. Most borrowers borrow at interest, meaning they pay a certain percentage of the principal amount to the lender as compensation for borrowing. Most loans also have a maturity date by which time the borrower must have repaid the loan. Borrowing occurs informally from family and friends, at the retail level through a bank, and also on a large scale involving governments and institutional investors.borrow
Related to borrow: borrow pitSynonyms for borrowverb take on loanSynonyms- take on loan
- touch (someone) for
- scrounge
- blag
- mooch
- cadge
- use temporarily
- take and return
Antonyms- give
- return
- provide
- supply
- advance
- loan
- lend
verb stealSynonyms- steal
- take
- use
- copy
- adopt
- appropriate
- acquire
- pinch
- pirate
- poach
- pilfer
- filch
- plagiarize
Synonyms for borrowverb get temporarilyRelated WordsAntonymsverb take up and practice as one's ownSynonymsRelated Words |