(1):
(n.) The act of borrowing.
(2):
(n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
(3):
(v. t.) To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; - the opposite of lend.
(4):
(v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; - a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
(5):
(v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
(6):
(v. t.) To feign or counterfeit.
(7):
(v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.