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Borrows

noun
Word Frequency: 1.0

Definitions

1.nounDeviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
"This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it."
2.nounA borrow pit.
3.nounIn the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
4.verbTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
5.verbTo take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.
6.verbTo adopt (an idea) as one's own.
"to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"
7.verbTo adopt a word from another language.
8.verbIn a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
9.verb(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.
10.verbTo temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
11.verbTo feign or counterfeit.
12.verb(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
13.verbTo receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
"Can I borrow a sheet of paper?"
14.nounA ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
15.nounA surety; someone standing bail.

Synonyms

adoptusetake uptake overdrawsgetsmovestakestravelsusesappropriatesdiffers

Antonyms

carrygive backlendreturn

Rhymes With

sorrowsarosbarrosfarrowsbar rosebar rowsbaroscar rose
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