Barrow vs. Borrow

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  • Barrow (noun)

    A mountain.

  • Barrow (noun)

    A hill.

  • Barrow (noun)

    A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

    “tumulus”

  • Barrow (noun)

    A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.

  • Barrow (noun)

    A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

    “handcart|pushcart|trolley”

  • Barrow (noun)

    A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.

  • Barrow (noun)

    A castrated boar.

  • Borrow (verb)

    To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

  • Borrow (verb)

    To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.

  • Borrow (verb)

    To adopt (an idea) as one’s own.

    “to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another”

  • Borrow (verb)

    To adopt a word from another language.

  • Borrow (verb)

    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.

  • Borrow (verb)

    To lend.

  • Borrow (verb)

    To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

  • Borrow (verb)

    To feign or counterfeit.

  • Borrow (noun)

    Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.

    “This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.”

  • Borrow (noun)

    A borrow pit.

  • Borrow (noun)

    A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.

  • Borrow (noun)

    A surety; someone standing bail.

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