borrow

Plural: borrows

Verb

Verb Forms: borrowed, borrowing, borrows

To take and use something from another, intending to return it.
get temporarily
- "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
take up and practice as one's own
To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
To adopt a word from another language.
In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
To lend.
To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
To feign or counterfeit.
To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.

Noun

Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
A borrow pit.
In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
A surety; someone standing bail.

Examples

Can I borrow a sheet of paper?
John, can I borrow you for a second? I need your help with the copier.
Many players BORROW strategies from champions to improve their own Scrabble game.
This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.
to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English borwen, borȝien, Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”).
Cognate with Dutch borgen (“to borrow, trust”), German borgen (“to borrow, lend”), Danish borge (“to vouch”). Related to Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at bury.

Synonyms

adopt, take over, take up, borrow, creance, desume, scunge, use

Antonyms

lend, buy, carry, give back, return, take

Scrabble Score: 11

borrow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
borrow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
borrow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

borrow: valid Words With Friends Word