Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to borrow
Participle: borrowed
Gerund: borrowing
Indicative
Present
| I | borrow |
| you | borrow |
| he;she;it | borrows |
| we | borrow |
| you | borrow |
| they | borrow |
Perfect
| I | have borrowed |
| you | have borrowed |
| he;she;it | has borrowed |
| we | have borrowed |
| you | have borrowed |
| they | have borrowed |
Past
| I | borrowed |
| you | borrowed |
| he;she;it | borrowed |
| we | borrowed |
| you | borrowed |
| they | borrowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had borrowed |
| you | had borrowed |
| he;she;it | had borrowed |
| we | had borrowed |
| you | had borrowed |
| they | had borrowed |
Future
| I | will borrow |
| you | will borrow |
| he;she;it | will borrow |
| we | will borrow |
| you | will borrow |
| they | will borrow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have borrowed |
| you | will have borrowed |
| he;she;it | will have borrowed |
| we | will have borrowed |
| you | will have borrowed |
| they | will have borrowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | borrow |
| you | borrow |
| he;she;it | borrow |
| we | borrow |
| you | borrow |
| they | borrow |
Perfect
| I | have borrowed |
| you | have borrowed |
| he;she;it | have borrowed |
| we | have borrowed |
| you | have borrowed |
| they | have borrowed |
Imperfect
| I | borrowed |
| you | borrowed |
| he;she;it | borrowed |
| we | borrowed |
| you | borrowed |
| they | borrowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had borrowed |
| you | had borrowed |
| he;she;it | had borrowed |
| we | had borrowed |
| you | had borrowed |
| they | had borrowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would borrow |
| you | would borrow |
| he;she;it | would borrow |
| we | would borrow |
| you | would borrow |
| they | would borrow |
Perfect
| I | would have borrowed |
| you | would have borrowed |
| he;she;it | would have borrowed |
| we | would have borrowed |
| you | would have borrowed |
| they | would have borrowed |
Imperative
| you | borrow |
| we | Let's borrow |
| you | borrow |
Verbs conjugated like 'borrow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'borrow'
borrowe,
burrow,
morrow,
sorrow,
arrow,
besorrow,
betrow,
borry,
bowwow,
brow,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it
- creance, desume, scunge
- adopt
- assume, appropriate
Antonyms
- receive temporarily
- lend, return
- to give (something) to somebody temporarily, expecting it to be returned
- sell, lend
- to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it
- buy, lend, return, take
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
borgian "to lend," from P.Gmc.
*borg "pledge," sense shifting in O.E. apparently on the sense of collateral deposited as security for something borrowed.
2. From Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”).
3. Cognate with Dutch borgen (“to borrow, trust”), German borgen (“to borrow, lend”), Danish borge (“to vouch”). Related to Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at bury. See: Old English '
borgian', Proto-Germanic '
*burgōną', Dutch '
borgen', German, old spelling '
borgen', Danish '
borge', Old English '
beorgan'.
Verbs referencing "borrow"
German, old spelling
borgen, German, Pennsylvania
barye, Danish
borge.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Either they must go, or _all_ must. Haley has come into possession of a mortgage, which, if I don't clear off with him directly, will take everything before it. I 've raked, and scraped, and borrowed, and all but begged,—and the price of these two was needed to make up the balance, and I had to give them up. Haley fancied the child; he agreed to settle the matter that way, and no other. I was in [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The history of every family we had on board was pretty much the same. After hoarding up, and borrowing, and begging, and selling everything to pay the passage, they had gone out to New York, expecting to find its streets paved with gold; and had found them paved with very hard and very real stones. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] know, ” said Mr. Shelby. “ Once get business running wrong, there does seem to be no end to it. It's like jumping from one bog to another, all through a swamp; borrow of one to pay another, and then borrow of another to pay one,—and these confounded notes falling due before a man has time to smoke a cigar and turn round,—dunning letters and dunning messages,—all scamper and hurry-scurry. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)