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lend | wend |

As nouns the difference between lend and wend

is that lend is the lumbar region; loin while wend is a member of a slavic people from the borders of germany and poland; a sorb; a kashub.

As a verb lend

is to allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be ed.

lend

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from (etyl) lendenu, .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l) (Scotland) * (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The lumbar region; loin.
  • The loins; flank; buttocks.

    • Etymology 2

    From earlier len (with excrescent -d'', as in . See also (l).

    Verb

  • To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be ed.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
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  • To make a loan.
  • (reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
  • To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
    • Can you lend me some assistance?
    The famous director lent his name to the new film.
  • * Addison
    • Cato, lend me for a while thy patience.
  • * J. A. Symonds
    • Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.
  • (proscribed) To borrow.
    • Antonyms
    * borrow
    Derived terms
    * lend to believe * have a lend
    See also
    * give back * lender * loan * pay back

    References

    * * English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words ----

    wend

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To turn; change.
  • To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
    • We wended our weary way westward.
  • * Surrey
    • Great voyages to wend .
  • (obsolete) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
    • (Sir Walter Raleigh)
  • (obsolete) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

    • Usage notes

    The modern past tense of (m) is (m). Originally it was (m), similarly to pairs such as (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), or (m)/(m). However, (m) was long ago co-opted as the past tense of (m) (replacing (etyl) (m)) and using it as the past tense of (m) is now considered archaic.

    Synonyms

    * to betake oneself

    Related terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, UK, legal) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
    • (Burrill)

    References

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