borrow
v.
take on loan; copy; steal
Borrow
borrow
Verb
1. get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
(antonym) lend, loan
(hypernym) get, acquire
(derivation) borrower
2. take up and practice as one's own
(synonym) adopt, take over, take up
(hypernym) accept, take, have
Borrow
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To receive; to take; to derive.
(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.
(v. t.)
To feign or counterfeit.
(v. t.)
To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
(n.)
The act of borrowing.
(n.)
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Borrow
To obtain or receive money on loan with the promise or understanding that it will be repaid.