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- pronunciation:
- ba
ro
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baw
ro
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
borrows, borrowing, borrowed |
| definition 1: |
to take with the promise to return or replace.
May I borrow your book for a few days?- similar words:
- float, pawn, raise, touch
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| definition 2: |
to take and use as one's own.
She borrowed her older sister's style of dressing.- synonyms:
- adopt
- similar words:
- lift, use
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| derivation: |
borrower (n.) |
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