lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
am lending
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present progressiveof lend (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Valerie has flat-out told me that if I choose not to divide my share with Jack, I am lending my support to our parents’ bigotry and don’t deserve to call myself a progressive.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2021
Instead of raising the devil I am lending hairpins.
From Active Service by Crane, Stephen
Suppose I am lending money to your mother, what does it matter?
From Five Tales by Galsworthy, John
He never said, like Jacob, Ephraim, and Manasses, "I am lending you money."
From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)
Oh, by the way, I want it understood, Commander, that while I am lending Dave to you to work on the operation with the professor, I'm not even going to let you pay him.
From Sabotage in Space by Glanzman, Louis
