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lend
[ lend ]
verb (used with object)
- to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- to give (money) on condition that it is returned and often that interest is paid for its temporary use.
- to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully:
to lend one's aid to a cause.
- to adapt (oneself or itself ) to something:
The building should lend itself to inexpensive remodeling.
- to furnish or impart:
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
verb (used without object)
- to make a loan.
lend
/ ɛԻ /
verb
- tr to permit the use of (something) with the expectation of return of the same or an equivalent
- to provide (money) temporarily, often at interest
- intr to provide loans, esp as a profession
- tr to impart or contribute (something, esp some abstract quality)
her presence lent beauty
- tr to provide, esp in order to assist or support
he lent his skill to the company
- lend an earto listen
- lend itselfto possess the right characteristics or qualities for
the novel lends itself to serialization
- lend oneselfto give support, cooperation, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- Իİ noun
- t·Ի verb interlent interlending
- v·Ի verb overlent overlending
- ·Ի verb (used with object) relent relending
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lend1
Idioms and Phrases
- lend a hand, to give help; aid:
If everyone lends a hand, we can have dinner ready in half an hour.
Example Sentences
That level of risk lent new urgency to the cleanup of L.A.’s fire debris.
The repo rate is the level at which the central bank lends to commercial banks, influencing borrowing costs.
“You lend your platform and your voice and your time and your money to bring about change.”
Then Prime Minister Gordon Brown said as a condition of the bailout banks must protect lending to small and medium sized businesses.
The egg and oil gave it structure, the garlic brought heat, the lemon lent brightness, and salt tied it all together.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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