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Meaning of 'borrow'
Meaning of 'borrow' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Borrow 
[ n.]
- Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a
hostage. [ n.]- The act of borrowing.
2. Borrow [ 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 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.
- To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
- To feign or counterfeit.
- To receive; to take; to derive.
Meaning of 'borrow' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. borrow [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- get temporarily
- get temporarily
Example in sentence:
- May I borrow your lawn mower?
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