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Word: borrow (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • archaic A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
  • archaic A surety; someone standing bail.
  • golf Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.

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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.
  • double|_|transitive|US|dialect| To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
  • linguistics To adopt a word from another language.
  • rfv-sense To lend.
  • To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
  • To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

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