lent
verb (past tense and past participle of lend: lend, lent, lent); noun, proper (Lent — with a capital L)
Everyday
- Past of «lend»: gave something to someone for a short time, expecting to get it back (I lent him my pen). tree →
- Lent: in the Christian calendar, the forty days before Easter, when many Christians pray and give something up, like sweets. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life «lent» is the past of «lend»: borrowing and lending at school (pencils, books, money). In religious education, Lent is a time of fasting and preparing for Easter; it starts on Ash Wednesday and Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) is the day before. Phrases: lent a hand (helped), lent to, give up for Lent.
Examples
- I lent my rubber to Jack and he never gave it back. tree →
- The library lent us ten books for the project. tree →
- She lent a hand with the washing up. tree →
- For Lent, my cousin gave up chocolate. tree →
- Lent lasts forty days, until Easter. tree →
- We eat pancakes the day before Lent begins. tree →
- Who lent you that bike? tree →
- Thereupon the rich man lent him twenty roubles. tree →
Note
Lend/borrow trap: you LEND something to someone (they get it); you BORROW something from someone (you get it). «I lent him my book» = he has it now. Lend, lent, lent — never «lended». Lent (the season) has a capital L.
In Jewish tradition
Israelites may not lend to a fellow Israelite on interest, and debts lent are released in the seventh year.
Interpretation. The Rabbis call this release the shemittah of debts, and later teachers built rules around it to protect the poor.
Examples
- Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest. (Torah DEU.23.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not exact it of his neighbour and his brother; because the LORD'S release hath been proclaimed. (Torah DEU.15.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me. (Prophets JER.15.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he is lent to the LORD.' And he worshipped the LORD there. (Prophets 1SA.1.28, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Lend/borrow trap: you LEND something to someone (they get it); you BORROW something from someone (you get it). «I lent him my book» = he has it now. Lend, lent, lent — never «lended». Lent (the season) has a capital L.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «lent» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «lent» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «lent» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «lent» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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