borrowed

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borrowed

/ˈbɒɹəʊd/ UK
/ˈbɒɹəd/ Northumbria, UK
/ˈbɑɹoʊd/ US
/ˈbɔɹoʊd/ Canada, US

adjective

Having been borrowed.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of borrow The Thane of Cawdor lives; why do you dress me in borrowed robes?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: take up, adopt, take over, chosen, contracted, copied, derived, devoted, drawn, entered, followed, given, hijacked, lent, loan, loaned

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"borrowed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/borrowed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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borrowed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/borrowed

Chicago

"borrowed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/borrowed.

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@misc{borrowed_2026,
  title = {borrowed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/borrowed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}