lend

Definition of lend

Etymology

From Old English lænan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĕnd, IPA: /lɛnd/, SAMPA: /lEnd/
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• 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)

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.

Antonyms

• borrow

Derived terms

• lend to believe

Translation of lend in Malay

Verb

to allow to be used temporarily

1. meminjamkan