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- Dictionarybor·row/ˈbärō/
verb
- 1. take and use (something that belongs to someone else) with the intention of returning it: "he had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues" Similar
noun
- 1. a slope or other irregularity on a golf course which must be compensated for when playing a shot.
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The meaning of BORROW is to receive with the implied or expressed intention of returning the same or an equivalent. How to use borrow in a sentence.
to take and use a word or idea from another language or piece of work: borrow something from something English has borrowed many words from French. borrow heavily from She has created new string sounds that borrow heavily from folk and jazz. Fewer examples. Can I borrow a couple of bucks?
Borrow definition: to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent. See examples of BORROW used in a sentence.
The word borrow means to take something and use it temporarily. You can borrow a book from the library, or borrow twenty bucks from your mom, or even borrow an idea from your friend.
verb. 1. to obtain or receive (something, such as money) on loan for temporary use, intending to give it, or something equivalent or identical, back to the lender. 2. to adopt (ideas, words, etc) from another source; appropriate. 3. not standard. to lend. 4. golf. to putt the ball uphill of the direct path to the hole.
Borrow Definition. To take or receive (something) with the understanding that one will return it or an equivalent. To adopt or take over (something) as one's own. To borrow a theory. To adopt and naturalize (a word, etc.) from another language. The word depot was borrowed from French.
Definition of borrow verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to obtain or receive (something, such as money) on loan for temporary use, intending to give it, or something equivalent or identical, back to the lender. 2. to adopt (ideas, words, etc) from another source; appropriate. 3. not standard to lend. 4. (Golf) golf to putt the ball uphill of the direct path to the hole. 5.
borrow meaning, definition, what is borrow: to use something that belongs to someone...: Learn more.
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