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borrow
('b/A/r/oU/ )

noun (n)

  • Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • get temporarily(verb.possession)
    Example:
    May I borrow your lawn mower?.
    Antonym:
    lend, loan
    source: wordnet30
  • take up and practice as one's own(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    adopt, take over, take up
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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