| VERB | possession | borrow | get temporarily |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | borrow, adopt, take over, take up | take up and practice as one's own |
| Sounds | baa'row. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Afro ... zero: 75 rhymes with row... | |
| Meaning | Get temporarily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Example | "May I borrow your lawn mower?" | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Opposite | lend, loan | Give temporarily |
| Spanish | adoptar, emprestar, tomar prestado | |
| Catalan | manllevar | |
| Nouns | borrower | someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent |
| Meaning | take up and practice as one's own. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | adopt, take over, take up | |
| Broader | accept, take, have | Receive willingly something given or offered |
| Spanish | adoptar, apropiarse | |
| Catalan | adoptar, apropiar-se, manllevar | |
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