Definizione monolingua

borrow

borrow (third-person singular simple present borrows, present participle borrowing, simple past and past participle borrowed)

1. To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
2. To adopt (an idea) as ones own.
3. (linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
4. (arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
5. (proscribed) To lend.
   • 1951, The Grenadiers, James P. Leary editor, Wisconsin Folklore^[1], University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 9780299160340, published 1998, Milwaukee Talk, page 56:

     “Rosie, borrow me your look looker, I bet my lips are all. Everytime I eat or drink, so quick I gotta fix ’em, yet.”

   • 2005, Gladys Blyth, Summer at the Cannery^[2], Trafford Publishing, ISBN 9781412025362, page 83:

     “Ryan, borrow me your lunch pail so we can fill it with blueberries. Susie can make us a pie.”

   • 2006, Andrés Rueda, The Clawback^[3], Andres Rueda, ISBN 9781419647680, Chapter 13, page 131:

     Georgi reached for his empty pockets. “Can you borrow me your telephone?”

   • 2007, Silvia Cecchini, Bach Flowers Fairytales^[4], Lulu.com, ISBN 9781847533203, page 7:

     “Gaia, could you borrow me your pencils ,^[sic] today, if you do not use them?”

6. (double transitive, US, dialect) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
   • 1999 August 1, “Ronnie Dawson, Singer, Comments on his Career and Music”, NPR_Weekend:

     My folks couldnt afford a guitar, so my dad borrowed me a mandolin one time, and I was just learning to play it pretty good and the guy that he borrowed it from wanted it back.

borrow (plural borrows)

1. (golf) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.

   This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.

Definizione dizionario borrow

	prendere in prestito
	receive temporarily
	Prendere un'idea come propria.
	To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
	Ricevere temporaneamente una cosa da qualcuno, con l'obbligo di ridarla successivamente indietro.
	To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
	In una sottrazione, dedurre (uno) da una cifra del minuendo ed aggiungere dieci alla cifra seguente, affinché la sottrazione dà un risultato positivo.
	In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.

	adottare
	Prendere un'idea come propria.
	To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
	Ricevere temporaneamente una cosa da qualcuno, con l'obbligo di ridarla successivamente indietro.
	To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

chiedere

farsi prestare

mutuare

prestare

Altri significati:

to copy a word from another language

(archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.

(golf) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.

(double transitive, US, dialect) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

adopt (an idea) as one's own

(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.

(linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.

(to) borrow (money)

(proscribed) To lend.

(archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.

in a subtraction