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bor⋅row
[bor-oh, bawr-oh] 
–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)
—Idiom| 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
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
Related forms:
bor⋅row⋅a⋅ble, adjective
bor⋅row⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
2. acquire, take, get; copy, pirate, plagiarize.
2. acquire, take, get; copy, pirate, plagiarize.
Bor⋅row
[bor-oh, bawr-oh] –noun
| George, 1803–81, English traveler, writer, and student of languages, esp. Romany. |
Related forms:
Bor⋅ro⋅vi⋅an [buh-roh-vee-uhn] , adjective, noun
[buh-roh-vee-uhn] , adjective, noun
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| bor·row (bŏr'ō, bôr'ō) v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows v. tr.
To obtain or receive something. [Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh-1 in Indo-European roots.] bor'row·er n. |
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Borrow
Bor"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Borrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Borrowing.] [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.]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. (Arith.) 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." --Spenser. 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.Borrow
Bor"row\, n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.] Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. --Sir W. Scott. 2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.] Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : borrow
Spanish:
tomar prestado,
German:
leihen,
Japanese:
借りる
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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Main Entry: bor·row
Function: transitive verb
: to take or receive temporarily; specifically : to receive (money) with the intention of returning the same plus interest —bor·row·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Borrow
The Israelites "borrowed" from the Egyptians (Ex. 12:35, R.V., "asked") in accordance with a divine command (3:22; 11:2). But the word (sha'al) so rendered here means simply and always to "request" or "demand." The Hebrew had another word which is properly translated "borrow" in Deut. 28:12; Ps. 37:21. It was well known that the parting was final. The Egyptians were so anxious to get the Israelites away out of their land that "they let them have what they asked" (Ex. 12:36, R.V.), or literally "made them to ask," urged them to take whatever they desired and depart. (See LOAN.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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borrow
In addition to the idiom beginning with borrow, also see beg, borrow, or steal; on borrowed time.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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