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verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
4.
to borrow something: Don't borrow unless you intend to repay.
5.
Nautical.
a.
to sail close to the wind; luff.
b.
to sail close to the shore.
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.
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Borrowers
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
7.
borrow trouble, to do something that is unnecessary and may cause future harm or inconvenience.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English borowen, Old English borgian to borrow, lend, derivative of borg a pledge; akin to Dutch borg a pledge, borgen to charge, give credit, German Borg credit, borgen to take on credit
before 900; Middle English borowen, Old English borgian to borrow, lend, derivative of borg a pledge; akin to Dutch borg a pledge, borgen to charge, give credit, German Borg credit, borgen to take on credit
Related forms
bor·row·a·ble, adjective
bor·row·er, noun
non·bor·rowed, adjective
non·bor·row·er, noun
o·ver·bor·row, verb
EXPANDun·bor·rowed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. acquire, take, get; copy, pirate, plagiarize.
2. acquire, take, get; copy, pirate, plagiarize.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
borrow
O.E. borgian "to lend, be surety for," from P.Gmc. *borg "pledge," from PIE *bhergh- "to hide, protect" (see bury). Sense shifted in O.E. to "borrow," apparently on the notion of collateral deposited as security for something borrowed. Cf. O.E. borg "pledge, security, bail,
EXPANDdebt," O.N. borga "to become bail for, guarantee," M.Du. borghen "to protect, guarantee," O.H.G. boragen "to beware of," Ger. borgen "to borrow; to lend."
COLLAPSE
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