Contents
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: bŏrʹō, IPA: /ˈbɒrəʊ/, SAMPA: /"bQr@U/
- (US) enPR: bärʹō, IPA: /ˈbɑroʊ/, SAMPA: /"bAroU/
- Rhymes: -ɒrəʊ
Etymology 1
From Old English borgian, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with German borgen.
Verb
|
Infinitive to borrow |
Third person singular borrows |
Simple past borrowed |
Past participle borrowed |
Present participle borrowing |
to borrow (third-person singular simple present borrows, present participle borrowing, simple past and past participle borrowed)
- To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
- (linguistics) To copy a word from another language.
- (arithmetic) In 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.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (receive temporarily): give back (exchanging the transfer of ownership), lend (exchanging the owners), return (exchanging the transfer of ownership)
- (in arithmetic): carry (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of addition)
Derived terms
- borrowed time
- borrower
Translations
receive temporarily
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Etymology 2
From Old English borg, from Proto-Germanic (related to Etymology 1, above).
Noun
|
Singular borrow |
Plural borrows |
borrow (plural borrows)
- (archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
- (archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.
-
- 1819: ”where am I to find such a sum? If I sell the very pyx and candlesticks on the altar at Jorvaulx, I shall scarce raise the half; and it will be necessary for that purpose that I go to Jorvaulx myself; ye may retain as borrows my two priests.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
-
|
WHYY
New Jersey residents narrowly passed a plan to authorize the state to borrow $400 million dollars to preserve land and historic sites. ...
and more »
75px x 100px | 3.30kB
[source page]
9Kb Borrow OPit Clearance 2 smal 14 Aug 05 18 11 3 1Kb Borrow Pit 23 9 06 wmv 23 Sep 06 20 52 229 3Kb Borrow Pit Clearance jpg 14 Aug 05 18 12 112 9Kb Borrow Pit Clearance small jpg 14 Aug 05 18 12 3 3Kb Borrow Pit Clearing 23 7 05d 14 Aug 05 18 46 122 3Kb Borrow Pit Clearing 23 7 05d 14 Aug 05 18 46 2 8Kb
