lend

lend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Examples of lend in a sentence

• The old silver lends an air of elegance to an otherwise drab room.
• The evidence lends credence to the witness's testimony.
• The subtle use of strings lends fluidity to the composition.
• But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close.2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 71:
• […] Cato, lend me for a vvhile thy Patience, / And condeſcend to hear a young Man ſpeak.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page...
• Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.1886, John Addington Symonds, Sir Philip Sidney:

All 40 example sentences with lend

Synonyms of lend

• lease
• let
• loan

Antonyms

• borrow
• call
• sell

All synonyms and antonyms of lend

Forms of lend

Past tense of lend: lent

Origin of lend

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.

From Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendino (“loins”), plural of Old English lenden (“loin”), from Proto-West Germanic *landī, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄ (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Danish lænd (“loin”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (whence loin), Polish lędźwie (“loins”), Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).

Words formed from lend

• have a lend of
• forelend
• forlend
• have a lend of someone
• interlend
• lease-lend
• lendability
• lendable
• lend a hand
• lend an ear
• lendee
• lender
• lend itself to
• lend-lease
• lend to believe
• nonlending
• onlend
• overlend
• relend

Related words

• give back
• loan
• pay back
• lender

Phrases with lend

• had a lend of
• has a lend of
• having a lend of

Words that rhyme with lend

• mend
• descend
• attend
• bend
• end
• apprehend
• send
• condescend
• defend
• friend
• extend
• intend

Questions about lend

What does lend mean?

Lend means to allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

What is lend in Hindi?

Lend in Hindi is उधार देना (udhār denā). See Lend meaning in Hindi.

How do you use lend in a sentence?

The old silver lends an air of elegance to an otherwise drab room.

What part of speech is lend?

Lend can be a verb or a noun.

How do you pronounce lend?

Lend is pronounced /ˈlɛnd/ (UK).

What is the past tense of lend?

The past tense of lend is lent.