Lend

Verb

Définitions

1.VerbTo allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

"I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.; Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?"

2.VerbTo make a loan.

3.VerbTo be suitable or applicable, to fit.

"Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.; The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation."

4.VerbTo afford; to grant or furnish in general.

"Can you lend me some assistance?; The famous director lent his name to the new film."

5.VerbTo borrow.

6.NounLoan (permission to borrow (something)).

7.NounThe lumbar region; loin.

8.NounThe loins; flank; buttocks.

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