lend

«lend» in Mova's school dictionary: to give something to someone for a while, and they give… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (lend, lends, lent, lending)

meaning for a pupil

1) To lend is to give something to someone for a while, and they give it back later. tree →

2) To lend money is to give it so that it is paid back, sometimes with extra money called interest. tree →

3) To lend a hand is to help. tree →

4) To lend something a quality is to add it: flowers lend the room a happy look. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths it is an action that takes away from one person for now and adds to another; the lender gets it back later. In everyday life: lending books, pencils, bikes; a bank lends money and charges interest. Phrases: «lend a hand», «lend an ear» (listen), «lend me your pencil».

examples

• Sam lends Tom 5 dollars. tree →
• She lent 3 books to her friend. tree →
• How many books does she have now? tree →
• He will get 5 dollars back next week. tree →
• Could you lend me a pencil, please? tree →
• The library lends books for three weeks. tree →
• The bank lent my parents money to buy the house. tree →
• Can you lend a hand with these bags? tree →
• I lent my bike to my cousin and he scratched it. tree →
• Lend me thy coat, Shere Khan. tree →

note

Past and past participle: «lent» (not «lended»). Confusion: «lend» means give for a while, «borrow» means take for a while: I lend you my book, you borrow my book. Do not say «Can you borrow me...». Maths: lending takes away from the lender until it is paid back; check who has the thing now.

In the corpora

• Lending money to friends can cause arguments, so many grown-ups only lend what they could afford to lose.
• And simply ruined that nice suit of clothes that I lent you!»
• A girl in Leeds kept promising to return a friend's book and never did; the friend stopped lending her things.
• You lend a friend only a small amount you can afford to lose and agree when it will be paid back.
• If you lose something a friend lent you, tell them quickly and help find or replace it; waiting makes it harder.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.