borrow

Other forms of borrow

past tense

borrowed·

present participle

borrowing·

third person

borrows·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about borrow

What does borrow mean?

borrow means "get temporarily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in borrow?

borrow has 2 syllables: bor-row. The stress falls on "bor". In IPA it is /ˈbɑˌɹoʊ/.

What is another word for borrow?

Close synonyms include adopt, take over, take up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of borrow?

The recorded antonyms are lend.

Is borrow a common word?

borrow is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with borrow?

12 words rhyme with borrow. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.