Borrow | Mean of borrow in English Dictionary

/ˈbɑroʊ/

• Verb
• to take and use (something that belongs to someone else) for a period of time before returning it
1. Can I borrow your camera? [=will you lend me your camera]
2. The twins often borrow each other's clothes.
3. I'm borrowing a friend's car for the weekend.
4. He borrowed the book from the library.
• to take and use up (something) with the promise to give back something of equal value
1. Will you see if we can borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbors?
2. She borrowed $20 from me.
3. He borrowed money from the bank to buy the car.
• to use (an idea, saying, etc.) that was thought up by someone else
1. The speech was peppered with phrases borrowed from Winston Churchill.
2. She borrowed the technique from local artisans.
3. The company is borrowing a page from [=using a technique or idea first used by] its largest competitor.
4. He borrows heavily [=includes many ideas] from other philosophers in the book.

• to use (a word or phrase from another language) in a language
1. The English word “entrepreneur” was borrowed from (the) French.
• to take 1 from a digit and add it as 10 to the digit in the next lower place
• to continue to be alive after you were expected to die
1. After his heart attack, my grandfather always felt that he was living on borrowed time.