Definition of borrows Borrows
/bɑˈɹowz/ - [barowz] -
We found 3 definitions of borrows from 2 different sources.
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What does borrows mean?
Wiktionary 
- borrows (Noun)
Plural of borrow.
Part of speech
🔤- borrows, verb, present, 3rd person singular of borrow (infinitive).
WordNet
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| borrow - get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" | ||
| loan, lend give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" | ||
| acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" | ||
| borrow - take up and practice as one's own | ||
| adopt, take over, take up | ||
| accept, have, take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
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Wiktionary
- borrow (Noun)
Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant. - borrow (Noun)
A ransom; a pledge or guarantee. - borrow (Noun)
A surety; someone standing bail. - borrow (Verb)
To receive something from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. - borrow (Verb)
To adopt an idea as one's own. - borrow (Verb)
To adopt a word from another language. - borrow (Verb)
In a subtraction, to deduct one from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result. - borrow (Verb)
To lend. - borrow (Verb)
To temporarily obtain something for someone.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- borrow (v. t.)
To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend. - borrow (v. t.)
To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend. - borrow (v. t.)
To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. - borrow (v. t.)
To feign or counterfeit. - borrow (v. t.)
To receive; to take; to derive. - borrow (n.)
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. - borrow (n.)
The act of borrowing.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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borrow
To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. -
borrow
To take up (an idea) as one's own. -
borrow
In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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borrow
bor′ō, v.t. to obtain on loan or trust: to adopt from a foreign source: to derive one's authority from another (with from, of).—p.adj. Borr′owed, taken on loan, counterfeit, assumed.—n. Borr′ower.—Borrowing days, the last three days of March (O.S.), supposed in Scotch folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and to be especially stormy. [A.S. borgian—borg, borh, a pledge, security.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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borrow
v. t., to swap hot air for cold coin.
Part of speech
🔤- borrow, verb, present, 1st person singular of borrow (infinitive).
- borrow, verb (infinitive).
