Meaning

5 senses
  1. (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.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A borrow pit.

  3. (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.

  4. (archaic)A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.

  5. (archaic)A surety; someone standing bail.

Examples

1640 sentences
  1. She 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

  2. 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

  3. I need to borrow some money.

    Мені потрібно позичити трохи грошей. — deniko

    ruМне надо занять денег. — marafon

    deIch muss mir Geld leihen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom borrowed some money from us.

    Том позичив у нас трохи грошей. — deniko

  5. 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: borrows

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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