Definition of leonide
1. lend [ v ] of a quality, as in
Examples: : "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"
"The music added a lot to the play"
"She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"
"This adds a light note to the program"
(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)
Data on the former are scanty , but there can be little doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others , thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does , indeed , attain the greatest length .
Synonyms add contribute lend bring impart bestow Related Terms change throw_in instill tinsel addition2. lend [ v ] give temporarily; let have for a limited time
Examples:
"I will lend you my car"
"loan me some money"
(Saturday Review, 44: 15...)
Public libraries in Nassau_County have been lending books to each other by mail for a quarter-century , but the system enables this process to operate on an organized and far more comprehensive basis .
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
`` Friends , Romans , Countrymen , Lend Me Your Ear-Muffs '' , `` Such a Phrase as Drifts Through Dream '' , and `` The New_Vocabularianism '' .
(Booth Hemingway and Stuart H. Brown,...)
You can hope against hope that come spring_cleaning , your fair-weather friends will lend a hand at scrubbing and furbishing .
Synonyms lend loan Related Terms borrow give hire_out advance loan3. lend [ v ] have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open to
Examples: : "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"
be vulnerable to: "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
No reference is made to the possibility of recording other_than popular_music in this manner , and it would not seem to lend itself well to serious_music .
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