Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borrow

plural of borrow

A surname.

(linguistics) (of words, constructions, etc) The quality of being borrowable.

a person who takes and uses something that belongs to someone else for a time

to receive something from someone and later return it

(idiomatic) A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.

(Ireland, Scotland) The last three days of March, supposed in Scottish and Irish folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and to be especially stormy.

plural of false borrowing

A pseudo-loan. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, borrowing.