| borrow | 1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; the opposite of lend. 2. <mathematics> To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend. 3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. "Rites borrowed from the ancients." (Macaulay) "It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above." (Milton) 4. To feign or counterfeit. "Borrowed hair." "The borrowed majesty of England." (Shak) 5. To receive; to take; to derive. "Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother." (Shak) To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive. Origin: OE. Borwen, AS. Borgian, fr. Borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. Borg, G. Borg; prob. Fr. Root of AS. Beorgan to protect. 95. See 1st Borough. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| borrow pit | Excavations created by the surface mining of rock, unconsolidated geologic deposits or soil to provide material (borrow) for fill elsewhere. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Borst, Maximilian | <person> German pathologist, 1869-1946. See: Borst-Jadassohn type intraepidermal epithelioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Borst-Jadassohn type intraepidermal epithelioma | <tumour> Precancerous lesions clinically suggestive of actinic or seborrheic keratosis, with nests of immature or abnormal keratinocytes within the epidermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boruret | <chemistry> A boride. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| borreliosis |
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| border |
A rule used to form a box or to edge a photograph.
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1. Same as hydraulic jump. 2. A tidal wave that propagates as a solitary wave with a steep leading edge up certain rivers. Bore formation is favored in wedge-shaped shoaling estuaries at times of spring tides. Other local names include eagre (River Trent, England), pororoca (Amazon, Brazil), and mascaret (Seine, France).
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Traveling wave with an abrupt vertical front or wall of water. Under certain conditions, the leading edge of a tsunami wave may form a bore as it approaches and runs onshore. A bore may also be formed when a tsunami wave enters a river channel, and may travel upstream penetrating to a greater distance inland than the general inundation.
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| borborygmus |
The sound of gas moving through the intestine; bowel sounds.
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| BOR | brought into existence |
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| BOR | spiritually reborn or converted |
| BOR | a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus |
| BOR | caused to be realized |
| BOR | a native or inhabitant of Borneo |
| BOR | 3rd largest island in the world |
| BOR | an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) |
| BOR | a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits |
| BOR | Russian composer (1833-1887) |
| BOR | Napoleon defeated the Russians in a pitched battle at Borodino in 1812, but irreparably weakened his army |
| BOR | a trivalent metalloid element |
| BOR | an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons |