borrow
verb (used with object)
to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.
borrowed
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past participleof borrow.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof borrow.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
borrowverb (used with object)to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.
Example Sentences
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Eventually, they were forced to shutter their business owing more than $34,000 on the borrowed $11,850.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Micron’s cash position is swelling, but some companies that buy AI chips are increasingly reliant on borrowed money, and that’s helping the AI ecosystem stay afloat.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
I remember people curled up on borrowed beanbags, eating second helpings of soup and talking over a movie they’d all seen before.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
CoreWeave, which has borrowed heavily to fund data-center construction, fell further premarket Thursday after a 15% plunge yesterday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
I walked up to Miss Sugarapple’s desk and borrowed a pencil to make it appear that I wasn’t doing anything wrong.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
