lent
lent
- n a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
- v bestow a quality on
- v give temporarily; let have for a limited time
- v have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to
- The celebrated thriller director lent his name, wit and rotund silhouette to this anthology of suspense, mystery and horror tales.
- Some 30 years ago, the field of microfinance was born from a radical concept: poor people, when lent small amounts of money, will pay it back in a timely manner.
- With a diary kept in a secret attic, she braved the Nazis and lent a searing voice to the fight for human dignity.