Definition of "lend" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

   • I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.
   • Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?

2. (intransitive) To make a loan.

3. (reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

   • Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.
   • The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation.

4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

   • Can you lend me some assistance?
   • The famous director lent his name to the new film.

5. (proscribed) To borrow.

noun

1. (chiefly dialectal, with "the") Loan (permission to borrow (something)).

   • “But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.”
   • Yesterday asked Mr. Aray the lend of 8s. 6d. for a month.

noun

1. (anatomy, UK dialectal) The lumbar region; loin.

2. (UK dialectal, of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.