When you lend something, you loan it or let someone borrow it. You might, for example, lend your bike to your brother if he promises to be careful with it.
To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of;
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"
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.
Lend
Give me that ring. I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power To give it from me.2.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.3.
Cato, lend me for a while thy patience.
Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.4.
To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of;
Usage Examples
People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this day and age that doesn't lend itself to being committed to anything.
Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we're going out I'll turn up at his house and say, 'I haven't got anything to wear,' and he'll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky.
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.
I think about food all the time. It's my passion it's my profession. But some people think about food all the time because they're hungry. We can put an end to this if we join forces and lend a hand.
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Other Usage ExamplesSchools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.
But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over.
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.
You never give away your heart you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?
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