borrow

bor·row  (br, bôr)

v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows

v.tr.

1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.

2. To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.

3. In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.

4. Linguistics To adopt (a word) from one language to use in another.

v.intr.

To obtain or receive something.

Idiom:

borrow trouble

To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.

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[Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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borrow·er n.

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borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ]

vb

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. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf to putt the ball uphill of the direct path to the hole

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations) (intr) Golf (of a ball) to deviate from a straight path because of the slope of the ground

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf a deviation of a ball from a straight path because of the slope of the ground a left borrow

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) material dug from a borrow pit to provide fill at another

living on borrowed time

a.  living an unexpected extension of life

b.  close to death

[Old English borgian; related to Old High German borgēn to take heed, give security]

borrower  n

Usage: The use of off after borrow was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts

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Borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ]

n

(Biographies / Borrow, George (Henry) (1803-1881) M, English, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: traveller, WRITING: writer) George (Henry). 1803-81, English traveller and writer. His best-known works are the semiautobiographical novels of Gypsy life and language,

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	borrow - get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" loan, lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
	2.	borrow - take up and practice as one's own adopt, take up, take over accept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

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borrow

verb

1. take on loan, touch (someone) for (slang), scrounge (informal), blag (slang), mooch (slang), cadge, use temporarily, take and return Can I borrow a pen please?
take on loan give, return, provide, supply, advance, loan, lend

2. steal, take, use, copy, adopt, appropriate, acquire, pinch (informal), pirate, poach, pilfer, filch, plagiarize I borrowed his words for my book's title.

Quotations
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]

Translations

borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ] VT → pedir prestado (from, of a) → tomar prestado; [+ idea etc] → adoptar, apropiarse; [+ word] → tomar (from de) may I borrow your car? → ¿me prestas el coche?
you can borrow it till I need it → te lo presto hasta que lo necesite

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borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ] vt [+ money, book, pen] → emprunter
Can I borrow your pen? → Je peux emprunter ton stylo?
May I borrow your car? → Est-ce que je peux emprunter ta voiture?
to borrow sth from sb → emprunter qch à qn
I borrowed some money from a friend → J'ai emprunté de l'argent à un ami.
to be on borrowed time, to be living on borrowed time → ne plus en avoir pour longtemps

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borrow

vt

(→ sich dat) → borgen, sich (dat) → leihen (from von); £5000 (from bank), car → sich (dat) → leihen; library book → ausleihen; word → entlehnen; (fig) idea, methodology → borgen (inf), → übernehmen (from von); to borrow money from the bank/another country → Kredit bei der Bank/eine Anleihe bei einem anderen Land aufnehmen; borrowed word → Lehnwort nt; he is living on borrowed time → seine Uhr ist abgelaufen

(Math, in subtraction) → borgen (inf)

vi → borgen; (from bank) → Kredit m → aufnehmen; borrowing country → kreditnehmendes Land

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borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ] vt to borrow (from) → prendere in prestito (da), farsi prestare (da); (idea, word) → prendere (da)
could I borrow your car? → puoi prestarmi la macchina?

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borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ] vt to borrow (from) → prendere in prestito (da), farsi prestare (da); (idea, word) → prendere (da)
could I borrow your car? → puoi prestarmi la macchina?

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borrow

v borrow [ˈborəu]

to take (something, often money) temporarily with the intention of returning it He borrowed a book from the library. uitneem يَقْتَرِضُ، يَسْتَقْرِضُ заемам, вземам назаем (vy)půjčit si låne leihen δανείζομαι κτ. tomar prestado laenama قرض کردن lainata emprunter לְהַשאִיל उधार लेना posuditi kölcsönöz meminjam fá að láni prendere in prestito 借りる 빌리다 pasiskolinti aizņemties pinjam lenen låne pożyczyć pedir emprestado a împrumuta одалживать požičať si izposoditi si pozajmiti låna ยืม ödünç almak, borç almak 借 позичати قرض لینا ، ادھار لینا mượn 借

n borrower

lener مُقترض، مُستعير зает vypůjčovatel låner der/die Entleiher(in) αυτός που δανείζεται κτ. persona que toma algo prestado laenaja قرض گیرنده lainaaja emprunteur/-euse שוֹאֵל कर्जदार, ऋणी posuđivač kölcsönkérő peminjam lántakandi (chi prende in prestito) 借り手 차용인 tas, kuris skolinasi (naudas) aizņēmējs peminjam lener låntaker; låner pożyczający quem pede emprestado persoană care ia cu îm­pru­­mut/se împrumută de la тот, кто берёт взаймы kto si požičiava izposojevalec pozajmljivač låntagare ผู้ขอยืม ödünç/borç alan kimse 借用者 одержувач позики ادھار لینے والا người đi mượn 借用者

n borrowing

leen vir افْتِراض، استِعارَه заемане půjčování, (vý)půjčka lån das Ausleihen δανεισμός préstamo laenamine قرض lainaus emprunt הַשאָלָה ऋण लेना posuđivanje kölcsönvesz pinjaman lántaka prestito 借りること 차용 pasiskolinimas aizņemšanās meminjam het lenen lån pożyczanie empréstimo împrumut одалживание výpožička; prevzaté slovo izposojanje pozajmljivanje lån เงินหรือสิ่งที่ให้ยืม ödünç alma, borçlanma 借 позичання ادھار لینا sự vay mượn 借

borrow from: I borrow money from a friend .

lend to: My friend lends money to me / My friend lends me money .

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borrow → يَِستديِِِن půjčit (si) låne borgen δανείζομαι pedir prestado lainata joltakulta emprunter posuditi prendere in prestito 借りる 빌리다 lenen låne pożyczyć pedir emprestado, tomar emprestado занимать låna ยืม ödünç almak mượn 借