lend

Fetched 2026-10-28 (live).

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Verb

1. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
   • I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.
   • Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?
2. To make a loan.
3. To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
   • Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.
   • The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation.
4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
   • Can you lend me some assistance?
   • The famous director lent his name to the new film.
   • The old silver lends an air of elegance to an otherwise drab room.
   • The evidence lends credence to the witness's testimony.
   • The subtle use of strings lends fluidity to the composition.
5. To borrow.

Noun

1. Loan (permission to borrow (something)).

Noun

1. The lumbar region; loin.
2. The loins; flank; buttocks.

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