as in to give
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned
I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend can you lend me five dollars?
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Recent Examples of lend
An entire wall of windows lends plenty of brightness to the space.
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
This simple spin on the beloved appetizer should lend me some extra cooking time, while ensuring deviled eggs still show up on the holiday table.
—Brennan Long, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
And Trump’s embrace of often-baseless conspiratorial rhetoric — from questioning the birthplace of President Barack Obama to claiming widespread election fraud — has lent an air of legitimacy to Jones and others, linking them together and often emboldening them.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
At Odell’s Bagel, which opened in October 2024, Miles Odell lends the nuances of Japanese cooking to bagel culture, hand-rolling every bagel, house-smoking his lox, and koji-curing his pastrami.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
This simple spin on the beloved appetizer should lend me some extra cooking time, while ensuring deviled eggs still show up on the holiday table.
—Brennan Long, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
And Trump’s embrace of often-baseless conspiratorial rhetoric — from questioning the birthplace of President Barack Obama to claiming widespread election fraud — has lent an air of legitimacy to Jones and others, linking them together and often emboldening them.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
At Odell’s Bagel, which opened in October 2024, Miles Odell lends the nuances of Japanese cooking to bagel culture, hand-rolling every bagel, house-smoking his lox, and koji-curing his pastrami.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Lend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lend. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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