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— English words —

• borrow v. To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
• borrow v. To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
• borrow v. To adopt (an idea) as one’s own.
• borrow v. (Linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
• borrow v. (Arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following…
• borrow v. (Upper Midwestern United States, West Midlands, Malaysia, proscribed) To lend.
• borrow v. (Ditransitive) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
• borrow v. To feign or counterfeit.
• borrow v. (Obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
• borrow v. (Informal) To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
• borrow v. (Informal) To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with…
• borrow v. (Golf) To adjust one’s aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
• borrow n. (Golf, countable, uncountable) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
• borrow n. (Construction, civil engineering) A borrow pit.
• borrow n. (Programming) In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily…
• borrow n. (Archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
• borrow n. (Archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.
• Borrow prop.n. A surname.

— English word, defined in German —

• borrow V. (To) borrow something: etwas ausleihen, sich etwas ausleihen.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• borrow w. Lenen.

— English word, defined in French —

• borrow v. Emprunter.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• borrow v. Tomar prestado.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• borrow v. Tomar emprestado, pegar emprestado.
• borrow v. Ficar com emprestado.
• borrow v. (Gramática e Linguística) emprestar, tomar emprestado, incorporar (de) (os falantes de uma língua, termos…

121 English words from 18 English definitions

activity add adjust adopt agreement aim and another Archaic Arithmetic as␣one away back bail ball ballads bank borrow borrow␣pit civil civil␣engineering compensate Construction countable counterfeit current deduct Deviation digit Ditransitive engineering except expecting feign following for from Golf green guarantee idea Informal in␣order in␣order␣to interrupt language lead lend lender line Linguistics little Malaysia Midlands Midwestern minuend money Obsolete obtain of␣a one order other over over␣time own ownership paid paid␣back path person pit pledge possibility prison programming programming␣language proscribed ransom receive release return returning rolling Rust secure situation slant slope somebody someone something speak standing States straight straight␣line subtraction surety surname temporarily ten that the them time to␣the trifling uncountable under United United␣States Upper usually value West West␣Midlands where will with word

4 English words from 7 foreign definitions

borrow com sich something

17 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

ausleihen emprestado emprestar Emprunter etwas Ficar Ficar␣com Gramática incorporar Lenen língua Linguística pegar prestado termos tomar uma

26 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

borrow'd borrowe borrows borrowed borrowee borrower borrowes borrowin' Borrowash borrowees borrowers borrowest borroweth borrowing borrow␣pit borrowable Borrowdale borrowedst borrowings borrow␣pits borrowed␣days borrowed␣time borrowability borrowing␣days borrow␣trouble borrowed␣scenery

35 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

inborrows reborrows outborrows reborrowed unborrowed headborrows nonborrowed nonborrower outborrowed overborrows reborrowing unborrowing nonborrowers nonborrowing outborrowing overborrowed preborrowing reborrowings unborrowable microborrower overborrowing false␣borrowing microborrowers false␣borrowings pseudo-borrowing beg,␣borrow,␣or␣steal learned␣borrowing learnèd␣borrowing pseudo-borrowings learned␣borrowings learnèd␣borrowings semantic␣borrowing semantic␣borrowings semi-learned␣borrowing semi-learned␣borrowings

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

inborrow reborrow outborrow headborrow overborrow

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bor Bor BOR Bor. Orr ORR row Row ROW

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Orr ORR rob Rob ROB wor Wor.

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

borrow'd borrowe borrows

12 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

barrow Barrow Berrow Borror burrow Burrow Forrow horrow morrow Morrow sorrow Sorrow

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