1. lend(v = verb.possession) add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. lend(v = verb.possession) loan - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
is one way to give
Antonym: borrow
Derived forms adjective lendable1, noun lender1
Sample sentences:
They lend cars to the tourists; They lend the tourists their cars
3. lend(v = verb.stative) - have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
1. To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to
"Give me that ring.
I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power
To give it from me." [1913 Webster]
2. To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food. [1913 Webster]
"Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase." [1913 Webster]
3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence. [1913 Webster]
"Cato, lend me for a while thy patience." [1913 Webster]
"Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions." [1913 Webster]
4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig. [1913 Webster]
" This use of the word is rare in the United States, except with reference to money." [1913 Webster]
lend, v.tr. (past and past part. lent)
1 (usu. foll. by to) grant (to a person) the use of (a thing) on the understanding that it or its equivalent shall be returned.
2 allow the use of (money) at interest.
3 bestow or contribute (something temporary) (lend assistance; lends a certain charm).
Idiom:
lend an ear (or one's ears) listen. lend a hand = give a hand (see HAND). lending library a library from which books may be temporarily taken away with or Brit. without direct payment. lend itself to (of a thing) be suitable for. Lend-Lease hist. an arrangement made in 1941 whereby the US supplied equipment etc. to the UK and its allies, orig. as a loan in return for the use of British-owned military bases. lend oneself to accommodate oneself to (a policy or purpose).
Derivative:
lendable adj. lender n. lending n.
Etymology:
ME, earlier lene(n) f. OE l{aelig}nan f. l{aelig}n LOAN(1)
VB lend, advance, accommodate with, lend on security, loan, pawn, intrust, invest, place out to interest, put out to interest, let, demise, lease, sett, underlet.