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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹəʊ/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bŏrʹō

Definition 1:
• Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
Example: This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.
Labels: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
Labels: archaic

Definition 3:
• A borrow pit.
Labels: business, civil-engineering, construction, engineering, manufacturing, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A surety; someone standing bail.
Labels: archaic

Definition 5:
• In Rust and some other programming languages, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences, countable, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹəʊ/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bŏrʹō

Definition 1:
• To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

Definition 2:
• To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.

Definition 3:
• To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
Example: to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another

Definition 4:
• To adopt a word from another language.
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Definition 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.
Labels: arithmetic

Definition 6:
• To lend.
Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, West-Midlands, proscribed

Definition 7:
• To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
Labels: ditransitive

Definition 8:
• To feign or counterfeit.

Definition 9:
• To secure the release of (someone) from prison.

Definition 10:
• To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
Example: Can I borrow a sheet of paper?
Labels: informal

Definition 11:
• To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
Example: John, can I borrow you for a second? I need your help with the copier.
Labels: informal

Definition 12:
• To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
Labels: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/borrow