borrow
Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight lineDeviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
» She borrowed the book from him.
Sie hat das Buch von ihm geliehen. — Esperantostern
Она одолжила у него книгу. — marafon
Вона позичила у нього книжку. — deniko
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.
(countable, uncountable)A borrow pit.
(countable, uncountable)In Rust and some other programming languages, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
(archaic)A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
(archaic)A surety; someone standing bail.
Examples
1640 sentencesShe borrowed the book from him.
Вона позичила у нього книжку. — deniko
ruОна одолжила у него книгу. — marafon
deSie hat das Buch von ihm geliehen. — Esperantostern
Tom borrowed a book from Mary.
Том позичив у Мері книжку. — deniko
ruТом одолжил книгу у Мэри. — soniamiku
deTom lieh sich ein Buch von Mary. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I need to borrow some money.
Мені потрібно позичити трохи грошей. — deniko
ruМне надо занять денег. — marafon
deIch muss mir Geld leihen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom borrowed some money from us.
Том позичив у нас трохи грошей. — deniko
Did Tom borrow money from you?
Том позичав у тебе гроші? — deniko
ruТом занял у тебя денег? — sharptoothed
Origin
From Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”From Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”).
From Middle English borwe, borgh, from Old English borh, borg, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to borrow, lend”) (related to Etymology 1, above).
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Forms
plural: borrowsLessons for this word
2 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- borrowed money from
- borrow some money
- borrowed money
- borrow your car
- borrow my car
- need to borrow
- wanted to borrow
- borrow some
- to borrow some
- borrow this book
- borrow thirty dollars
- to borrow your