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==English==

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To [[receive]] (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to [[return]] it.
# To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
# {{linguistics}} To adopt a word from another language.
# {{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.
# {{proscribed}} To [[lend]].
# {{context|double|_|transitive|US|dialect|}} To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{golf}} Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
# {{archaic}} A [[ransom]]; a [[pledge]] or [[guarantee]].
# {{archaic}} A [[surety]]; someone standing [[bail]].

===Adverbs for Borrow===
infrequently; constantly; boldly; shamelessly;  persistently;  frequently;  habitually; cheerfully.

===Synonyms===
* {{sense|adopt}} [[adopt]], [[use]]
* [[take temporarily]], [[imitate]], [[obtain]].

===Antonyms for Borrow===
* {{sense|receive temporarily}} [[give back]] {{gloss|exchanging the transfer of ownership}}, [[lend]] {{gloss|exchanging the owners}}, [[return]] {{gloss|exchanging the transfer of ownership}}
* {{sense|in arithmetic}} [[carry]] {{gloss|the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of addition}}
* [[pay off]].

===Derived terms===
* [[borrowed time]]
* [[borrower]]

===Thesaurus===
[[abstract]], [[act like]], [[adopt]], [[affect]], [[and]], [[annex]], [[appropriate]], [[assume]], [[bag]], [[boost]], [[bum]], [[cadge]], [[chorus]], [[cop]], [[copy]], [[counterfeit]], [[crib]], [[defraud]], [[discount]], [[discount notes]], [[ditto]], [[do]], [[do like]], [[draw]], [[echo]], [[embezzle]], [[extort]], [[fake]], [[filch]], [[float a loan]], [[forge]], [[get a loan]], [[get into debt]], [[get on credit]], [[go in debt]], [[go in hock]], [[go like]], [[hit one for]], [[hit up]], [[hoke]], [[hoke up]], [[hook]], [[imitate]], [[infringe a copyright]], [[lend]], [[lift]], [[make like]], [[make off with]], [[mirror]], [[mooch]], [[negotiate a loan]], [[nip]], [[obtain]], [[palm]], [[pawn]], [[pilfer]], [[pinch]], [[pirate]], [[plagiarize]], [[plunge into debt]], [[poach]], [[purloin]], [[raise money]], [[reecho]], [[refer to]], [[reflect]], [[repeat]], [[run away with]], [[run into debt]], [[rustle]], [[scrounge]], [[shave]], [[shoplift]], [[show a deficit]], [[simulate]], [[snare]], [[snatch]], [[snitch]], [[sponge]], [[steal]], [[swindle]], [[swipe]], [[take]], [[thieve]], [[touch]], [[walk off with]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{enPR|bŏrʹō}}, {{IPA|/ˈbɒrəʊ/}}, {{SAMPA|/"bQr@U/}}
* {{a|US}} {{enPR|bärʹō}}, {{IPA|/ˈbɑroʊ/}}, {{SAMPA|/"bAroU/}}
* {{audio|en-us-borrow.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|ɒrəʊ}}