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lend
[ lend ]
verb (used with object)
- to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- to give (money) on condition that it is returned and often that interest is paid for its temporary use.
- to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully:
to lend one's aid to a cause.
- to adapt (oneself or itself鈥) to something:
The building should lend itself to inexpensive remodeling.
- to furnish or impart:
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
verb (used without object)
- to make a loan.
lend
/ 濒蓻苍诲 /
verb
- tr to permit the use of (something) with the expectation of return of the same or an equivalent
- to provide (money) temporarily, often at interest
- intr to provide loans, esp as a profession
- tr to impart or contribute (something, esp some abstract quality)
her presence lent beauty
- tr to provide, esp in order to assist or support
he lent his skill to the company
- lend an earto listen
- lend itselfto possess the right characteristics or qualities for
the novel lends itself to serialization
- lend oneselfto give support, cooperation, etc
Derived Forms
- 藞濒别苍诲别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 濒别苍诲顎侥谤 noun
- 颈苍顎卼别谤路濒别苍诲顎 verb interlent interlending
- 辞顎卾别谤路濒别苍诲顎 verb overlent overlending
- 谤别路濒别苍诲顎 verb (used with object) relent relending
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of lend1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
His versatility also lends itself well to the Chargers鈥 defensive scheme that moves defensive backs around freely.
Fears that prospects for de-extinction would lend momentum to attacks on efforts to protect endangered species have already been validated.
More interesting is the placing of bodies in space when nobody鈥檚 dancing, lending a choreographic energy to ordinary conversations.
Although the timing lent an additional element of cinema to the inherently dramatic event of a pope鈥檚 death, the news could hardly be called a surprise.
Mendelsohn and Lesser have the luxury of playing to type here, with the former channeling his version of Imperial unctuousness and the latter lending a professorial chill to his acceptance of unconscionable orders.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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