Temporarily take someone’s property with their permission

verb

1. To receive with the implied or expressed intention of returning the same or an equivalent

   "borrow a book from the library"

2. To borrow (money) with the intention of returning the same plus interest see interest

   "borrow money from the bank"

3. To appropriate for one's own use

   "borrow a metaphor from Shakespeare"

4. Derive, adopt

   "traditions borrowed from African polytheism"

5. To take (one) from a digit of the minuend in arithmetical subtraction in order to add as 10 to the digit holding the next lower place
6. To adopt into one language from another

   "The English word "entrepreneur" was borrowed from French."

7. Lend

   "Borrow me your pencil."

8. To borrow something

   "borrows heavily from Nietzsche"

biographical name

1. George Henry 1803–1881 English author

noun

1. An excavated area where material has been dug for use as fill at another location

idiom

1. To use a technique or idea first used by (another person or group)

   "The company is borrowing a page from its largest competitor."

idiom

1. To do whatever is necessary to get something that is wanted or needed

   "We'll have to beg, borrow, or steal the extra chairs we need for the meeting."

idiom

1. To do the same thing that someone else has done

   "You may want to borrow/take a page from her and study harder for your finals."

idiom

1. To do the same thing that someone else has done

   "You may want to borrow/take a page from his book and study harder for your finals."

idiom

1. To do the same thing that someone did

   "I decided to take/borrow a leaf out of his book and invest some money in the stock market."