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| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take for temporary use |
| Synonyms: | accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge*, chisel*, give a note for, hire, hit up, lift, mooch*, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one's uncle, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily |
| Antonyms: | give, lend, pay, return |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt from another source; appropriate |
| Synonyms: | acquire, adopt, assume, copy, filch, imitate, make one's own, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp |
| Antonyms: | give, return |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reserve, commission |
| Synonyms: | allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | imitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be; do an impression of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, borrow, burlesque, carbon*, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow suit*, forge, impersonate, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, parallel, parody, pretend, put on*, reflect, repeat, reproduce, resemble, sham, simulate, spoof, take off*, travesty, act like, be like, do like, do likewise, follow in footsteps, look like, model after, pattern after, personate, play a part, reduplicate, replicate, send up* |
| Notes: | emulate means to strive to equal, excel, or match by imitating; imitate means to reproduce or copy someone's behavior or looks |
| Antonyms: | clash, differ, oppose, reverse, be original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate |
| Synonyms: | borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass, infract |
| Antonyms: | comply, discharge, obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | mooch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cadge |
| Synonyms: | beg, borrow, bum*, scrounge, sponge, bumoff, freeload, leach off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pilfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, embezzle |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, borrow, cop*, crib*, filch*, liberate*, lift*, moonlight, pinch*, pluck*, purloin, requisition, rip off*, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, palm*, walk off with |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay or charge fee for use, service, or privilege |
| Synonyms: | borrow, charter, contract, engage, hire, lease, lend, let, loan, take it, allow the use of, make available, put on loan, sublet |
| Antonyms: | buy, purchase |
| Main Entry: | simulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, borrow, cheat, concoct, copy, counterfeit, crib*, deceive, disguise, dissemble, do, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, favor, feature, feign, fence, invent, knock off*, lie, lift, make believe, mimic, mirror, misrepresent, phony, pirate, play, pose, prevaricate, put on*, put on an act*, reproduce, resemble, steal, act like, do a take-off, do like, gloss over, playact, replicate |
| Antonyms: | be real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
| Synonyms: | accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take up, tap, use, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take over |
| Antonyms: | disown, reject, repudiate, repulse, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | annex, borrow, clap*, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, grab, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe*, usurp, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab hold of, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | bequeath, bestow, give, return |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | abduct, abstract, annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, filch*, liberate, lift*, misappropriate, nab*, nail*, nip*, pick up, pinch*, pluck, pocket*, preempt, pull in, purloin, rip off*, salvage, seize, sequester, snag, snare, snatch*, snitch*, swipe*, take in, accroach, carry off, haul in, run off with |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy; reserve |
| Synonyms: | book, borrow, charter, choose, cull, derive, draw, elect, engage, gain, get, hire, lease, mark, obtain, pick, prefer, procure, purchase, rent, select, decide on, opt for, optate, pay for, single out |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, usurp, clap hands on, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab hold of, kipe, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | leave, let alone, not take |
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