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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{enPR|lĕnd}}, {{IPA|/lɛnd/}}
* {{SAMPA|/lEnd/}}
* {{audio|en-us-lend.ogg|US}}

== Verb ==
{{verb2|lend|lends|lent|lent|lending}}
# {{transitive}} When you '''lend''' [[something]] to another person, you let them [[use]] it, after which they must return it to you. {{antonyms|borrow}}
#: ''I '''lent''' my textbook to Jack to allow him to study from it.''
#: ''The main functions of banks are to hold your money safely and to '''lend''' some of that money to others.''
# {{transitive}} If <math>x</math> '''lends''' <math>y</math> support, [[believability]], [[acceptance]], etc., <math>x</math> gives it to <math>y</math>.
#: ''Several studies in recent years have '''lent''' support to this idea.''
# {{transitive}} If you '''lend''' a hand, you help.
#: ''We're moving house next week and we were hoping you could '''lend''' us a hand.''