Lent /lent/

1. In the Christian religion, the time from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed in the Western Churches (a longer period in the Eastern Churches) as a time of fasting in commemoration of Christ's fast in the wilderness (Matthew 4.2)
2. A similar observance in other religions
3. Any period of fasting (figurative)
4. Spring (obsolete)

Lentˈen adjective

1. (also without cap) of Lent
2. Meagre
3. Fleshless

lenten rose noun

A herbaceous perennial, Helleborus orientalis, which flowers from February to April

lent lily noun

The daffodil

lent pat and pap of lend

lend /lend/

1. To give the use of for a time
2. To provide, grant or supply in general
3. To supply (money) at interest
4. To let for hire

To make a loan

A loan (often len’)

lendˈable adjective

lendˈer noun

lendˈing noun

1. The act of giving in loan
2. Something which is lent or supplied (Shakespeare)

lendˈ-lease noun

In World War II, an arrangement authorized by Congress in 1941 by which the US President could supply war materials to other countries whose defence he considered vital to the United States (also adjective)

lend an ear (informal)

To listen

lend itself to

To be able to be used for

lend oneself to

To adapt oneself to

• unfleshly
• unflinching
• unflinchingly
• unfloored
• unflush
• unflushed
• unflushes
• unflushing
• unflustered
• unfocused
• unfocussed
• unfold
• unfolded
• unfolder
• unfolders
• unfolding
• unfoldings
• unfolds
• unfollow
• unfollowed
• unfollowing
• unfollows
• unfool
• unfooled
• unfooling