lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
is lending
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present progressiveof lend (3rd 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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The bread and butter of a direct lender like Ares Capital is lending to companies acquired by private-equity firms.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Abby Rodriguez, left, holds her wedding veil that she is lending Sophie Janinet, right, for her upcoming wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
This year, there’s at least one more curious addition to the lineup of sponsors — Bush’s Beans, which is lending its name to the Boca Raton Bowl in the Florida city of the same name.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
Apart from its data-center investments, Blue Owl is lending money to an effort to buy Nvidia chips that will be leased by Elon Musk’s xAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
For the perturbed usurer knows that he is lending us, perforce, three priceless possessions, and that till our lease runs out we are free to dispose of them as we elect.
From The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell
