Definition of lend
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: lĕnd, IPA: /lɛnd/, SAMPA: /lEnd/
- {{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-us-lend.ogg|Audio (US)
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
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)
- (transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- (intransitive) To make a loan.
- (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.
- (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.
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Translation of lend in Malay
Verb
to allow to be used temporarily
- meminjamkan
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