Definition of "lend"

lend¹

/lɛnd/

verb
third-person singular simple present lends, present participle lending, simple past and past participle lent
1. (transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
  Quotations
  Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
  2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71
2. (intransitive) To make a loan.
3. (reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
  Quotations
  Cato, lend me for a while thy patience.
  1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, Act I, scene ii, page 1
  Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.
  1886, John Addington Symonds, Sir Philip Sidney
  FORSEA absolutely condemns the political manipulation on the part of the junta, General Prayuth, the Thai Senate and the parties that lent their support for General Prayuth that led him to parliamentary victory.
  2019 June 8, “Condemning the return to premiership of General Prayuth Chan-ocha through a manipulative method”, in forsea.co‎, FORSEA, retrieved 2019-06-09
5. (proscribed) To borrow.
noun
1. (chiefly dialectal, with "the") Loan (permission to borrow (something)).
  Quotations
  “But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.”
  c. 1800s, Arthur McBride, version from 2012, Dick Sheridan, Irish Songs for Ukulele (Songbook), Hal Leonard Corporation
  Yesterday asked Mr. Aray the lend of 8s. 6d. for a month.
  1866, Walkden, Diary, 6
  However, Weldon would soon note his declining potato yield, and his suspicions were confirmed one night when he confronted Joe with a jumper full of spuds. Somehow, Joe managed to talk his way out of trouble. 'I told him I was getting the lend of them,' Joe laughed. It wasn't only vegetables that were targeted, though. For generations of children who grew up on ...
  2008, Ronan Casey, Joe Dolan: The Official Biography, Penguin UK
  Our thanks go to Diran Adebayo for his support, especially his lend of Everything You're Told Is True, to the website. It has been an honour to host […]
  2010, One Million Stories Creative Writing Project 2009 Anthology, page 10
  “Give these to your dad, Betsy, tell him thanks for the lend of them. I'm leaving next week, Betsy.” “Really, where are you going?” Betsy played dumb.
  2016, Mary Peters, Betsy, The Coalminer's Daughter, New Generation Publishing

lend²

/lɛnd/

noun
plural lends or linder
1. (anatomy, UK dialectal) The lumbar region; loin.
2. (UK dialectal, of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.

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