borrow [bor-oh, bawr-oh] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
borrow [bor-oh, bawr-oh]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take for temporary use
Synonyms: accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge, chisel, give a note for, hire, hit up, lift, mooch, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one's uncle, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily
Antonyms: give, lend, pay, return
Main Entry: adopt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: choose or take something as one's own
Synonyms: accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, go down the line, go in for, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take over, take up, tap, use, utilize
Antonyms: disown, leave alone, reject, repudiate, repulse
Main Entry: appropriate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: steal
Synonyms: annex, borrow, clap, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab, grab hold of, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp
Antonyms: bequeath, bestow, give, return
Example Sentences
  • Yet, his lawyer now says, he was forced to borrow millions.
  • The folks you borrow the dog from may even be grateful and travel over the weekend.
  • And borrow and spend is much more politically correct.
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Main Entry: assume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adopt, acquire
Synonyms: annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, clap hands on, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab, grab hold of, hijack, kipe, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp
Notes: assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case'
Antonyms: leave, let alone, not take
Main Entry: charter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reserve, commission
Synonyms: allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction
Antonyms: cancel
Main Entry: hock
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pawn
Synonyms: borrow, give security, pledge
Main Entry: imitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend to be; do an impression of
Synonyms: Xerox, act like, affect, ape, assume, be like, borrow, burlesque, carbon, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like, do likewise, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow in footsteps, follow suit, forge, impersonate, look like, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, model after, parallel, parody, pattern after, personate, play a part, pretend, put on*, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, reproduce, resemble, send up, sham, simulate, spoof, take off, travesty
Antonyms: be original, clash, differ, oppose, reverse
Main Entry: infringe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: violate
Synonyms: borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, infract, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass
Antonyms: comply, discharge, obey, observe
Main Entry: mooch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cadge
Synonyms: beg, borrow, bum*, bumoff, freeload, leach off, scrounge, sponge
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