Definition of Borrow

1. Verb. Get temporarily. "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

Generic synonyms: Acquire, Get
Derivative terms: Borrower
Antonyms: Lend

2. Verb. Take up and practice as one's own.
Exact synonyms: Adopt, Take Over, Take Up
Generic synonyms: Accept, Have, Take
Derivative terms: Adoption, Adoptive

Definition of Borrow

1. v. t. 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.

2. n. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

Definition of Borrow

1. Verb. To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. ¹

2. Verb. To adopt (an idea) as one's own. ¹

3. Verb. (linguistics) To adopt a word from another language. ¹

4. Verb. (arithmetic) 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. ¹

5. Verb. (proscribed) To lend. ¹

6. Verb. (context: double transitive US dialect ) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone). ¹

7. Noun. (golf) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant. ¹

8. Noun. (archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee. ¹

9. Noun. (archaic) A surety; someone standing bail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Borrow

1. to take on loan [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Borrow

1. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. "Rites borrowed from the ancients." (Macaulay) "It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above." (Milton) 4. To feign or counterfeit. "Borrowed hair." "The borrowed majesty of England." (Shak) 5. To receive; to take; to derive. "Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother." (Shak) To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive. Origin: OE. Borwen, AS. Borgian, fr. Borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. Borg, G. Borg; prob. Fr. Root of AS. Beorgan to protect. 95. See 1st Borough. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Borrow

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boroughmonger
boroughmongers
boroughs
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borovskite
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borrasca
borrel
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borrelia burgdorferi
borrelia infections
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borreliosis
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borrow (current term)
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