borrow

  1. Verb.  To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
  2. Verb.  To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
  3. Verb.  (linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
  4. 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.
  5. Verb.  (proscribed) To lend.
  6. Verb.  (context, double) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
  7. Noun.  (golf) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
  8. Noun.  (archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
  9. Noun.  (archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.

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