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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#m1)

2) To lend money is to give it so that it is paid back, sometimes with extra money called interest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#m2)

3) To lend a hand is to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#m3)

4) To lend something a quality is to add it: flowers lend the room a happy look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x1)
- She lent 3 books to her friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x2)
- How many books does she have now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x3)
- He will get 5 dollars back next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x4)
- Could you lend me a pencil, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x5)
- The library lends books for three weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x6)
- The bank lent my parents money to buy the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x7)
- Can you lend a hand with these bags? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x8)
- I lent my bike to my cousin and he scratched it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x9)
- Lend me thy coat, Shere Khan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/#x10)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/22/)
- [And simply ruined that nice suit of clothes that I lent you!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/27/)
- [A girl in Leeds kept promising to return a friend's book and never did; the friend stopped lending her things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/199-promises/26/)
- [You lend a friend only a small amount you can afford to lose and agree when it will be paid back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/9/)
- [If you lose something a friend lent you, tell them quickly and help find or replace it; waiting makes it harder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.