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lend  (lnd)

v. lent (lnt), lend·ing, lends

v.tr.

1.

a. To give or allow the use of temporarily on the condition that the same or its equivalent will be returned.

b. To provide (money) temporarily on condition that the amount borrowed be returned, usually with an interest fee.

2. To contribute or impart: Books and a fireplace lent a feeling of warmth to the room.

3. To accommodate or offer (itself) to; be suitable for: The Bible lends itself to various interpretations.

v.intr.

To make a loan. See Usage Note at loan.

Idiom:

lend a hand

To be of assistance.

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[Middle English lenden, alteration of lenen (on the model of such verbs as senden, to send, whose past participle sent rhymed with lent, past participle of lenen), from Old English lnan; see leik^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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lender n.

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lend

Verb

[lending, lent]

1. to permit the temporary use of

2. to provide (money) temporarily, often at interest

3. to contribute (some abstract quality): a painted trellis lends a classical air to any garden

4. lend an ear to listen

5. lend oneself or itself to be appropriate for: the building lends itself to loft conversion [Old English lǣnan]

lender n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	lend - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" contribute, impart, add, bestow, bring alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" factor - be a contributing factor; "make things factor into a company's profitability" instill, transfuse - impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" tinsel - impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood" throw in - add as an extra or as a gratuity
	2.	lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" loan give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" hire out, rent out, farm out - grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook" trust - extend credit to; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore" advance - pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?" borrow - get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
	3.	lend - have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

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lend

verb 1. loan, advance, sub Brit. (informal) accommodate one with

verb 2. give, provide, add, present, supply, grant, afford, contribute, hand out, furnish, confer, bestow, impart

lend itself to something be appropriate for, suit, be suitable for, fit, be appropriate to, be adaptable to, present opportunities of, be serviceable for

Translations

lend [lɛnd] [pt, pp lent] [lɛnt] vt to lend sth to sb → prestar algo a algn

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lend [lent , pt, pp ] [lɛnd, lɛnt] vt to lend sth (to sb) → prêter qch (à qn);

could you lend me some money? → pourriez-vous me prêter de l'argent?;

to lend a hand → donner un coup de main

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lend [lɛnd] [lent , pt, pp ] vt to lend sth to sb → jdm etw leihen;

to lend sb a hand (with sth) → jdm (bei etw) helfen;

it lends itself to ... → es eignet sich für ...

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lend [pt lent, pp ] [lɛnd, lɛnt] vt to lend sth (to sb) → prestare qc (a qn);

to lend a hand → dare una mano

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lend

v lend [lend]

1 to give (someone) the use of for a time She had forgotten her umbrella so I lent her mine to go home with. leen يُقْرِض، يُعير заемам půjčit låne leihen δανείζω prestar laenama قرض دادن lainata prêter לְהַלווֹת उधार देना posuditi kölcsönad meminjamkan lána prestare 貸す 빌려주다 (pa)skolinti aizdot meminjamkan lenen låne (ut) pożyczyć emprestar a da cu împrumut давать взаймы požičať posoditi pozajmiti låna [] ให้ยืม ödünç vermek, borç vermek 把...借給 позичати قرض دینا cho mượn 把...借给

2 to give or add (a quality) to Desperation lent him strength. verleen يُعْطي، يُضيف давам dodat give verleihen δίνω, οπλίζω με dar, dotar de andma بخشیدن antaa donner לִתרוֹם, לְחַזֵק देना, योगदान देना dodati, dobaviti ad memberi gefa, ljá dare 与える (도움·특징 등을) 주다 suteikti sniegt memberikan verlenen gi, kaste et skjær over (do)dać dar a da придавать dodať dati dati ge, skänka เพิ่ม vermek 給予 давати, надавати کسی صفت کو بہتر بنانا thêm vào 给予

lend itself to

to be suitable for or adapt easily to The play lends itself to performance by children. leen tot يكون مُلائِما подходящ съм за být vhodný k egne sig sich eignen für προσφέρομαι για κτ., είμαι κατάλληλος για κτ. prestarse a algo sobima به درد کاری خوردن soveltua (se) prêter à לְהָתאִים काम की चीज़ है, के लिए उपयोगी है odgovarati alkalmas vmire cocok vera (vel) til fallinn prestarsi a ～に適している 적합하다 tikti noderēt sesuai untuk zich lenen tot egne seg (godt) til nadawać się prestar-se a se preta la быть пригодным для чего-л. byť vhodný na biti primeren za biti pogodan za lämpa sig för เข้ากันได้ง่าย kullanıma uygun olmak, elverişli olmak 適宜於 придатний для чого مناسب ہونا thích hợp 适宜于

see also borrow .