borrowing

Meaning

1. present participle and gerund of borrow
2. (slang) Slang term for shoplifting.

borrowed word

loaning out

raising a loan

foreign word

lending out

loan-word

Frequency

Hyphenated as

bor‧row‧ing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/

From borrow + -ing.

New

borrow

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. To lend.
7. 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.

Bookmark this

Improve your pronunciation

Arrow pointing to the button

English

Start learning English with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "borrowing" and many other words and sentences in English.

Go to our English course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes

Questions