English verb: lend | |||
1. | lend (possession) bestow a quality on | ||
Samples | Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company. The music added a lot to the play. She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings. This adds a light note to the program. | ||
Synonyms | add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | factor, instill, throw in, tinsel, transfuse | ||
2. | lend (possession) give temporarily; let have for a limited time | ||
Samples | I will lend you my car. Loan me some money. | ||
Examples | They lend cars to the tourists, They lend the tourists their cars | ||
Synonyms | loan | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | advance, farm out, hire out, rent out, trust | ||
Antonyms | borrow | ||
3. | lend (stative) have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to | ||
Samples | This story would lend itself well to serialization on television. The current system lends itself to great abuse. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||