English Explanatory Dictionary

lend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
  2. To make a loan.
  3. To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
  4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
  5. To borrow.
noun
  1. Loan (permission to borrow (something)).
noun
  1. The lumbar region; loin.
  2. The loins; flank; buttocks.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛnd/ En-us-lend.ogg /ˈlɪ̟nd/ /ˈlend/ ~ /ˈlɛ̝nd/

Word forms

lend lends lending lent leynd leind lind lende

Etymology

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.

Synonyms

lease lend let loan

Antonyms

borrow call sell

Related words

give back loan pay back lender

Derived words

forelend forlend have a lend of someone interlend lease-lend lendability lendable lend a hand lend an ear lendee lender lend itself to lend-lease lend to believe nonlending onlend overlend relend have a lend of
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