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Definitions for Lent

[1] simple past tense and past participle of lend.
[2] (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
[3] to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
[4] to give (money) on condition that it is returned and that interest is paid for its temporary use.
[5] to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully: to lend one's aid to a cause.
[6] to adapt (oneself or itself) to something: The building should lend itself to inexpensive remodeling.
[7] to furnish or impart: Distance lends enchantment to the view.
[8] to make a loan.
[9] a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, variant of -ulent: pestilent.
[10] the past tense and past participle of lend
[11] Christianity the period of forty weekdays lasting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, observed as a time of penance and fasting commemorating Jesus' fasting in the wilderness
[12] (modifier) falling within or associated with the season before Easter Lent observance
[13] (plural) (at Cambridge University) Lent term boat races
[14] (tr) to permit the use of (something) with the expectation of return of the same or an equivalent
[15] to provide (money) temporarily, often at interest
[16] (intr) to provide loans, esp as a profession
[17] (tr) to impart or contribute (something, esp some abstract quality) her presence lent beauty
[18] (tr) to provide, esp in order to assist or support he lent his skill to the company
[19] lend an ear to listen
[20] lend itself to possess the right characteristics or qualities for the novel lends itself to serialization
[21] lend oneself to give support, cooperation, etc

Words related to Lent

given

Words nearby Lent

lens turret, lens vesicle, lensboard, lensectomy, lensman, lent, lent lily, lent term, lentamente, lentando, lenten

Origin of Lent

dbefore 900; Middle English lenden, variant (orig. past tense) of lenen, Old English lǣnan (cognate with Dutch lenen, German lehnen, Old Norse lāna ), derivative of lǣn loan; cognate with German Lehnen, Old Norse lān. See loan1

Words that may be confused with Lent

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, lendborrow, lend, loan

Other words from Lent

un·lent , adjective
well-lent , adjective
post-Lent , adjective
lend·er , noun
in·ter·lend , verb, in·ter·lent, in·ter·lend·ing.
o·ver·lend , verb, o·ver·lent, o·ver·lend·ing.
re·lend , verb (used with object), re·lent, re·lend·ing.

Word origin for Lent

dC15 lende (originally the past tense), from Old English lǣnan, from lǣn loan 1 ; related to Icelandic lāna, Old High German lēhanōn

Synonyms for Lent

borrowed, given