lends

noun

(chiefly dialectal, with "the") Loan (permission to borrow (something)).

(anatomy, UK dialectal) The lumbar region; loin.

(UK dialectal, of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.

verb

(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

(intransitive) To make a loan.

To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

(reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

(proscribed) To borrow.

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