meaning of borrow2

1. 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.
2.
To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
3.
To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
4.
To feign or counterfeit.
5.
To receive; to take; to derive.
6.
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
7.
The act of borrowing.
8.
get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn ">mower?"


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