lend

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References 2 Estonian 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English lænan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: lĕnd, IPA: /lɛnd/, SAMPA: /lEnd/
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  Rhymes: -ɛnd

[edit] Verb

to lend (third-person singular simple present lends, present participle lending, simple past and past participle lent, archaic third-person singular simple present lendeth)

1. (transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
2. (intransitive) To make a loan.
3. (Australian) to be be misled in a jocular or teasing manner.

   Don't listen to him. He's having a lend of you

   Don't get upset, I was just having a lend.

4. (reflexive) to be suitable or applicable, to fit

   Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.

   The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation.

[edit] Antonyms

• borrow

[edit] Derived terms

• lend to believe

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• lend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• lend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Noun

lend

1. flight