Definitions for lends

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lends lend

Spelling: [lend]

IPA: /lɛnd/

Lends is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in lends (delns).

Definitions for lends

Idioms

1. lend a hand, to give help; aid:

verb (used with object)

1. to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
2. to give (money) on condition that it is returned and that interest is paid for its temporary use.
3. to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully:
4. to adapt (oneself or itself) to something:
5. to furnish or impart:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a loan.

Origin of lends

before 900; Middle English lenden, variant (orig. past tense) of lenen, Old English lǣnan (cognate with Dutch lenen, German lehnen, Old Norse lāna), derivative of lǣn loan; cognate with Germa

Examples for lends

If you don't like my price, I'll lend you the knife the next time, and you can let your wife attend to you.

But he cannot lend you the money, nor can he get the amount you want until to-morrow afternoon.

The first thing I am going to do is to catch some fish, if you'll lend me your boat.

Is it that collectivist cultures such as those in Asia lend themselves to this nature of group sexual crime?

But even the less vocal ones have found ways to lend their support.

In 2008, his monastery was in desperate need of funds and Vreeland decided to lend a hand with his first photography exhibition.

Lakeside in Texas, baked by the heat, Louganis described how Red Bull got him to lend his credibility to the competition.

After seeing the film, he also agreed to lend his synthesized voice to the latter portion.

In fact, the stick seemed to be alive in his hand, and to lend some of its life to Perseus.

She can't go out in those; I shall have to lend her something.