Lend
[lend] or [lɛnd]
Definition
(verb.) give temporarily; let have for a limited time; 'I will lend you my car'; 'loan me some money'.
(verb.) bestow a quality on; 'Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company'; 'The music added a lot to the play'; 'She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings'; 'This adds a light note to the program'.
(verb.) have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; 'This story would lend itself well to serialization on television'; 'The current system lends itself to great abuse'.
Editor: Spence--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.
(v. t.) To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.
(v. t.) To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
(v. t.) To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Loan, accommodate with.[2]. Give, grant, afford, furnish, bestow, confer, impart.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Advance, loan, grant, afford, present
ANT:Resume, retract, appropriate, retain, withhold, refuse
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Definition
v.t. to give for a short time something to be returned: to afford grant or furnish in general: to let for hire.—v.i. to make a loan:—pr.p lend′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. lent.—ns. Lend′er; Lend′ing the act of giving in loan: (Shak.) that which is lent or supplied.
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Examples
- Will wind, water, fire, lend me a path to Moore? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Abbot, lend me your garters; she would break mine directly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And a steady lad he was, and a kind master he had to lend him a hand, and well he worked his own way forward to be rich and thriving. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I can't spare her,' answered John, 'but I must lend her to you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tell us all about it, cried Mr. Laurence, who had been longing to lend the lovers a hand, but knew that they would refuse his help. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Ablewhite, senior, refused to lend his son a farthing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You call THAT something to lend? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Brummell often dined with him, and therefore I take it for granted that Tom Raikes lent Brummell money. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He lent it fruitful direction, a different impetus, and the results are beyond his imagining. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Before the half-hour was out, I had got my dry clothes on, and had lent Sergeant Cuff such change of dress as he required. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My knowledge of their customs lent colour to the belief that he was but being escorted to the audience chamber to have sentence passed upon him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There was the room the Marshal had lent her, up-stairs, in which they could wait for her, if they pleased. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The President of France lent me his private box. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was so bewildered that Miss Donny thought the cold had been too severe for me and lent me her smelling-bottle. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Were it not, mere charity or friendship could be the only motives for lending. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The sovereign, like, any other owner of stock, may derive a revenue from it, either by employing it himself, or by lending it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The disgrace of lending herself to a vile deception is the only disgrace with which I can conscientiously charge Mrs. Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was a method for systematizing and lending rational sanction to material accepted on authority. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The big-headed babies were equally obliging in lending their grotesque aid to the general effect. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This policy of lending money to foreign states is, so far as I know peculiar to the canton of Berne. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We had no story-telling that evening, and Traddles insisted on lending me his pillow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mo reover, the electrical theory of matter lends support to the hypothesis that there is a fundamental unitary element underlying all the so-called elements. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- That they never take a man prisoner lends strength to the belief that the fate of the girls they steal is worse than death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- All the best means are at once in action, and everybody present lends a hand, and a heart and soul. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The man who borrows in order to spend will soon be ruined, and he who lends to him will generally have occasion to repent of his folly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A particular banker lends among his customers his own promissory notes, to the extent, we shall suppose, of a hundred thousand pounds. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I could see no marks to guide me, but the carpet was of a dun colour, which lends itself very well to examination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It has been wrought into a softness that lends its susceptible nature to the influence of magnetism, and has been hardened into steel to form the sword and cutting tool. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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