lend

verb

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

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Senses

bestow a quality on

Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company

give temporarily; let have for a limited time

I will lend you my car

have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to

This story would lend itself well to serialization on television

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	addition
1	hypernym	Types & categories	change
1	hyponym	Types & categories	factor
1	hyponym	Types & categories	transfuse
1	hyponym	Types & categories	tinsel
1	hyponym	Types & categories	throw in
2	antonym	Related & opposite	borrow
2	derivation	Related & opposite	loaner
2	derivation	Related & opposite	loan
2	derivation	Related & opposite	lendable
2	hypernym	Types & categories	give
2	hyponym	Types & categories	hire out
2	hyponym	Types & categories	trust
2	hyponym	Types & categories	advance
3	hypernym	Types & categories	be