 8 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lend
verb
1: bestow a quality on; "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" [syn: {impart}, {bestow}, {contribute},
{add}, {bring}]
2: give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend
you my car"; "loan me some money" [syn: {loan}] [ant: {borrow}]
3: have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be
open or vulnerable to; "This story would lend itself well
to serialization on television"; "The current system lends
itself to great abuse"
[also: {lent}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Lent
noun: a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
[syn: {Lententide}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lent
See {lend}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lend \Lend\ (l[e^]nd), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Lent} (l[e^]nt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Lending}.] [OE. lenen, AS. l[=ae]nan, fr.
l[=ae]n loan; akin to G. lehnen to lend. See {Loan}.]
1. To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the
return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to
lend a book; -- opposed to {borrow}.
Give me that ring.
I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power
To give it from me. --Shak.
2. To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the
return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some
article of food.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor
lend him thy victuals for increase. --Levit. xxv.
37.
3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend
assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
Cato, lend me for a while thy patience. --Addison.
Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and
largeness to his compositions. --J. A.
Symonds.
4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or
gig.
Note: This use of the word is rare in the United States,
except with reference to money.
{To lend a hand}, to give assistance; to help. [Colloq.]
{To lend one's ears} or {To lend an ear}, to give attention.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lent \Lent\ (l[e^]nt),
imp. & p. p. of {Lend}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lent \Lent\, noun [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten,
lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz,
G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at
this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.)
A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and
continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches
as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
{Lent lily} (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
blossoming in spring.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lent \Lent\, adjective [L. lentus; akin to lenis soft, mild: cf. F.
lent. See {Lenient}.]
1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
2. (Mus.) See {Lento}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "Lent":
Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation,
Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas,
Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter,
Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Eastertide,
Ember days, Epiphany, Good Friday, Halloween, Hallowmas,
Holy Thursday, Holy Week, Lady Day, Lammas, Lammas Day, Lammastide,
Lententide, Mardi Gras, Martinmas, Maundy Thursday, Michaelmas,
Michaelmas Day, Michaelmastide, Ninth of Av, Palm Sunday,
Pancake Day, Passion Week, Pentecost, Quadragesima,
Quadragesima Sunday, Ramadan, Septuagesima, Shrove Tuesday,
Trinity Sunday, Twelfth-day, Twelfth-tide, Whit-Tuesday,
White Sunday, Whitmonday, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide,
Whitweek, Yom Kippur, fast day, jour maigre
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