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bor·row 
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| 1. | to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower. |
| 2. | to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow an idea from the opposition; to borrow a word from French. |
| 3. | Arithmetic. (in subtraction) to take from one denomination and add to the next lower. |
| 4. | to borrow something: Don't borrow unless you intend to repay. |
| 5. | Nautical.
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| 6. | Golf. to putt on other than a direct line from the lie of the ball to the hole, to compensate for the incline or roll of the green. |
| 7. | borrow trouble, to do something that is unnecessary and may cause future harm or inconvenience. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME borowen, OE borgian to borrow, lend, deriv. of borg a pledge; akin to D borg a pledge, borgen to charge, give credit, G Borg credit, borgen to take on credit]
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bor·row·a·ble, adjective
bor·row·er, noun
—Synonyms 2. acquire, take, get; copy, pirate, plagiarize.
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Bor·row
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| George, 1803–81, English traveler, writer, and student of languages, esp. Romany. |
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v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows v. tr.
v. intr. To obtain or receive something. [Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh-1 in Indo-European roots.] bor'row·er n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
borrow
O.E. borgian "to lend," from P.Gmc. *borg "pledge," sense shifting in O.E. apparently on the sense of collateral deposited as security for something borrowed.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" [ant: lend] |
| 2. | take up and practice as one's own [syn: adopt] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
borrow [ˈborəu] verb
to take (something, often money) temporarily with the intention of returning it
Example: He borrowed a book from the library.
Example: He borrowed a book from the library.
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Borrow
Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town, burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. ba['u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill, mountain. [root]95. See Bury, v. t., and cf. Burrow, Burg, Bury, n., Burgess, Iceberg, Borrow, Harbor, Hauberk.]1. In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. --Burrill. Erskine. 2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax. Close borough, or Pocket borough, a borough having the right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination is in the hands of a single person. Rotten borough, a name given to any borough which, at the time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Borrow
Bor"ough\, n. [See Borrow.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. (b) The pledge or surety thus given. --Blackstone. Tomlins.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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