borrow

(Engels)

Verb

1. To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
2. To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
3. To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
4. To adopt a word from another language.
5. 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.
6. (Malaysia, Singapore, West-Midlands, proscribed) To lend.
7. (ditransitive) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
8. To feign or counterfeit.
9. To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
10. (informal) To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
11. (informal) To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
12. To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
2. (countable, uncountable) A borrow pit.
3. (countable, uncountable) In Rust and some other programming languages, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.

Noun

1. (archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
2. (archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbɒɹ.əʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: borgen

Verwant aan Duits: borgen

Verwant aan Deens: borge

Verwant aan Oudengels: beorgan

Overgenomen van Middelengels: borwe

Overgenomen van Oudengels: borh

In summary

From Middle English borwen, borȝien, Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”).
Cognate with Dutch borgen (“to borrow, trust”), German borgen (“to borrow, lend”), Danish borge (“to vouch”). Related to Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at bury.

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Synoniemen

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Vertalingen

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δανείζομαι

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prendere in prestito

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Zinnen

For their first exercises the gunners had to borrow horses to pull their guns .

Prepackaged campaigns also borrow from pop culture .

Voorverpakte campagnes lenen ook van de popcultuur.