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borrow
Overview of verb borrow
The verb borrow has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (16) borrow -- (get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?")
2. (5) adopt, borrow, take over, take up -- (take up and practice as one's own)
Grep of noun borrow
borrow pit
borrower
borrower's card
borrowing
borrowing cost
Antonyms of verb borrow
1 of 2 senses of borrow
Sense 1
borrow
Antonym of lend (Sense 2)
=>lend, loan
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb borrow
2 senses of borrow
Sense 1
borrow
=> get, acquire
Sense 2
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
=> accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb borrow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb borrow
2 senses of borrow
Sense 1
borrow
=> get, acquire
Sense 2
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
=> accept, take, have
'Cause To' of verb borrow
Derived Forms of verb borrow
1 of 2 senses of borrow
Sense 1
borrow
RELATED TO>(noun) borrower#1
=> borrower
Domain of verb borrow
Domain Terms of verb borrow
Familiarity of verb borrow
borrow used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb borrow
2 senses of borrow
Sense 1
borrow
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 2
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb borrow
2 senses of borrow
Sense 1
borrow
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 2
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
> accept, take, have
=> accept, admit, take, take on
=> welcome
=> honor, honour
=> adopt, borrow, take over, take up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb borrow
Sense 1
borrow
=> get, acquire
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Sense 2
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
=> accept, take, have
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Grep of verb borrow
borrow
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