Antonyms for lend


Grammar : Verb
Spell : lend
Phonetic Transcription : lɛnd


Definition of lend

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old English lænan "to lend," from læn "loan" (see loan). Cognate with Dutch lenen, Old High German lehanon, German lehnen, also verbs derived from nouns. Past tense form, with terminal -d, became the principal form in Middle English on analogy of bend, send, etc.
  • verb loan, accommodate
Example sentences :
  • The first thing I am going to do is to catch some fish, if you'll lend me your boat.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • But he cannot lend you the money, nor can he get the amount you want until to-morrow afternoon.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • If you don't like my price, I'll lend you the knife the next time, and you can let your wife attend to you.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She can't go out in those; I shall have to lend her something.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • In fact, the stick seemed to be alive in his hand, and to lend some of its life to Perseus.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I didn't like to ask Mrs. Townley to lend her husband's to me!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Laura has lost her tippet; I lend her mine, an' she kind o' blushes.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • What a wretch must I be, if, for one moment only, I could lend an ear to such a proposal as this!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Lend a hand, Duffer, and we'll give him to the Nubians the girls have brought.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • "No, I'm going to ask Max to lend me his rifle," replied Bandy-legs.
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Synonyms for lend

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