Associations to the word «Borrow»

BORROW, verb. To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

BORROW, verb. To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

BORROW, verb. (linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.

BORROW, verb. (arithmetic) 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. (proscribed) To lend.

BORROW, verb. (double transitive) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

BORROW, verb. To feign or counterfeit.

BORROW, noun. (golf) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.

BORROW, noun. (archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.

BORROW, noun. (archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.

BORROW, proper noun. A surname​.

BORROW PIT, noun. (construction) (civil engineering) A pit dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.

BORROW PITS, noun. Plural of borrow pit

BORROW TROUBLE, verb. To be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.

BORROW, verb. Get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?".

BORROW, verb. Take up and practice as one's own.