lends
- 1Third-person singular simple present of lend.
The credit union lends money to small businesses at low interest rates.
A bright scarf lends a splash of color to an otherwise gray outfit.
Note
Every use of lend travels in this form, including the reflexive one. A thing that suits a purpose lends itself to it, as when a story lends itself to film, and a voice can lend weight to an argument without anything being handed back. One use to avoid is making it mean "borrow" (she lends my car for the day). That use is proscribed, so careful English keeps borrow for taking and lend for giving.
lends is a form of lend
lend, verb: To allow someone to use something temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent is returned. Full entry
- Spelling
- lend → lends: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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