noun🔗ShareDéviation, courbureDeviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant."This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it."Ce putt a une forte déviation de gauche à droite.physicsdirectionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUne fosse d'empruntA borrow pit."After the heavy rains, the road crews used dirt from the borrows beside the highway to fill in the washed-out sections. "Après les fortes pluies, les équipes routières ont utilisé de la terre provenant d'une fosse d'emprunt située à côté de l'autoroute pour combler les sections emportées.geologyenvironmentareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEmpruntsIn the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code."In Rust, the borrows of a variable prevent the original owner from modifying it while another function is using its value. "En Rust, les emprunts d'une variable empêchent le propriétaire d'origine de la modifier pendant qu'une autre fonction utilise sa valeur.computingtechnicallanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunteTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it."She borrows books from the library every week and returns them when she's finished reading. "Elle emprunte des livres à la bibliothèque chaque semaine et les rend quand elle a fini de lire.financeeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunterTo take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time."She borrows money from the bank to buy a car. "Elle emprunte de l'argent à la banque pour acheter une voiture.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAdopter, s'approprierTo adopt (an idea) as one's own."to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"adopter le style, la manière ou les opinions d'un autreculturelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunteTo adopt a word from another language."English frequently borrows words from French, like "restaurant." "L'anglais emprunte fréquemment des mots au français, comme « restaurant ».languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunteIn a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result."In the subtraction problem 32 - 15, we say that the '3' in 32 borrows one, turning the '2' into '12' so we can subtract 5. "Dans le problème de soustraction 32 - 15, on dit que le '3' dans 32 emprunte un, transformant le '2' en '12' afin que nous puissions soustraire 5.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePrête(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.""My neighbor borrows me his lawnmower whenever mine is broken." "Mon voisin me prête sa tondeuse à gazon chaque fois que la mienne est en panne.languagelinguisticswordcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunteTo temporarily obtain (something) for (someone)."My sister borrows my calculator for her math homework. "Ma sœur emprunte ma calculatrice pour ses devoirs de maths.businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSimuler, contrefaireTo feign or counterfeit."He often borrows innocence to avoid getting in trouble, even when he's done something wrong. "Il simule souvent l'innocence pour éviter les ennuis, même quand il a fait quelque chose de mal.charactermindactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLibérer(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison."The knight, risking his own life, borrows the captured maiden from the dark lord's tower, promising a heavy ransom for her freedom. "Le chevalier, risquant sa propre vie, libère la jeune fille capturée de la tour du seigneur obscur, promettant une lourde rançon pour sa liberté.lawactiongovernmenthistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunteTo receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it."Can I borrow a sheet of paper?"Puis-je emprunter une feuille de papier ?propertyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRançon, gageA ransom; a pledge or guarantee."The company demanded the executive's computer as borrows for the safe return of their stolen data. "L'entreprise a exigé l'ordinateur du dirigeant comme rançon pour le retour en toute sécurité de leurs données volées.financebusinesslawasseteconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGarant, cautionA surety; someone standing bail."The defendant's friend acted as a borrow, guaranteeing his appearance in court. "L'ami de l'accusé a agi en tant que garant, garantissant sa comparution devant le tribunal.lawfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
