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Uncommonborrow
The correct spelling is borrow.
How to pronounce borrow
/ˈbɔɹoʊ/
nounIPA: /ˈbɔɹoʊ/
Say it like: Bor-row
The correct spelling is borrow. Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant. For example: "This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it."
Usage Examples
“This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.”
“to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another”
“Can I borrow a sheet of paper?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
- 2.A borrow pit.
- 3.In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
- 4.A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
- 5.A surety; someone standing bail.
verb
- 1.To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- 2.To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.
- 3.To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
- 4.To adopt a word from another language.
- 5.In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
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