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Borrow

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
2.VerbTo receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
3.VerbTo adopt (an idea) as one's own.
"to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"
4.VerbTo adopt a word from another language.
5.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.
6.VerbTo lend.
7.VerbTo temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
8.VerbTo feign or counterfeit.
9.VerbTo secure the release of (someone) from prison.
10.VerbTo receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
"Can I borrow a sheet of paper?"
11.VerbTo interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
"John, can I borrow you for a second? I need your help with the copier."
12.VerbTo adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
13.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."
14.NounA borrow pit.
15.NounIn Rust and some other programming languages, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
16.NounA ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
17.NounA surety; someone standing bail.
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