lend – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to lend an ear
Participle: lent an ear
Gerund: lending an ear

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	lend an ear
you	lend an ear
he;she;it	lends an ear
we	lend an ear
you	lend an ear
they	lend an ear

Perfect

I	have lent an ear
you	have lent an ear
he;she;it	has lent an ear
we	have lent an ear
you	have lent an ear
they	have lent an ear

Past

I	lent an ear
you	lent an ear
he;she;it	lent an ear
we	lent an ear
you	lent an ear
they	lent an ear

Pluperfect

I	had lent an ear
you	had lent an ear
he;she;it	had lent an ear
we	had lent an ear
you	had lent an ear
they	had lent an ear

Future

I	will lend an ear
you	will lend an ear
he;she;it	will lend an ear
we	will lend an ear
you	will lend an ear
they	will lend an ear

Future Perfect

I	will have lent an ear
you	will have lent an ear
he;she;it	will have lent an ear
we	will have lent an ear
you	will have lent an ear
they	will have lent an ear

Subjunctive

Present

I	lend an ear
you	lend an ear
he;she;it	lend an ear
we	lend an ear
you	lend an ear
they	lend an ear

Perfect

I	have lent an ear
you	have lent an ear
he;she;it	have lent an ear
we	have lent an ear
you	have lent an ear
they	have lent an ear

Imperfect

I	lent an ear
you	lent an ear
he;she;it	lent an ear
we	lent an ear
you	lent an ear
they	lent an ear

Pluperfect

I	had lent an ear
you	had lent an ear
he;she;it	had lent an ear
we	had lent an ear
you	had lent an ear
they	had lent an ear

Conditional

Present

I	would lend an ear
you	would lend an ear
he;she;it	would lend an ear
we	would lend an ear
you	would lend an ear
they	would lend an ear

Perfect

I	would have lent an ear
you	would have lent an ear
he;she;it	would have lent an ear
we	would have lent an ear
you	would have lent an ear
they	would have lent an ear

Imperative

you	lend an ear
we	Let's lend an ear
you	lend an ear

Indicative

Present

I	am lending an ear
you	are lending an ear
he;she;it	is lending an ear
we	are lending an ear
you	are lending an ear
they	are lending an ear

Perfect

I	have been lending an ear
you	have been lending an ear
he;she;it	has been lending an ear
we	have been lending an ear
you	have been lending an ear
they	have been lending an ear

Past

I	was lending an ear
you	were lending an ear
he;she;it	was lending an ear
we	were lending an ear
you	were lending an ear
they	were lending an ear

Pluperfect

I	had been lending an ear
you	had been lending an ear
he;she;it	had been lending an ear
we	had been lending an ear
you	had been lending an ear
they	had been lending an ear

Future

I	will be lending an ear
you	will be lending an ear
he;she;it	will be lending an ear
we	will be lending an ear
you	will be lending an ear
they	will be lending an ear

Future Perfect

I	will have been lending an ear
you	will have been lending an ear
he;she;it	will have been lending an ear
we	will have been lending an ear
you	will have been lending an ear
they	will have been lending an ear

Conditional

Present

I	would be lending an ear
you	would be lending an ear
he;she;it	would be lending an ear
we	would be lending an ear
you	would be lending an ear
they	would be lending an ear

Perfect

I	would have been lending an ear
you	would have been lending an ear
he;she;it	would have been lending an ear
we	would have been lending an ear
you	would have been lending an ear
they	would have been lending an ear

Verbs conjugated like 'lend'

bend, build, lend, misspend, overbuild, overspend, rebuild, send, shend, spend, berend, besend, bespend, bodybuild, databend, foresend, forespend, forspend, forthsend, genderbend, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'lend'

bend, blend, end, fend, hend, land, lead, lene, lens, mend,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to give (something) to somebody temporarily, expecting it to be returned: lease, let, loan
to give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole: add, assist, bestow, bring, chip in, do one's bit, donate, endow, fund, gift, grant, impart, invest, join, kick in, participate, pitch in, pledge, provide, put up, set forward, supply, support, sweeten the kitty, contribute
loan: advance, entrust, furnish
impart: confer, give, grant, contribute, supply, present
accommodate: oblige, conform, comply, adjust

Antonyms

receive temporarily: borrow, return
to give (something) to somebody temporarily, expecting it to be returned: borrow, sell
To demand repayment of a loan.: call
to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it: buy, return, take, borrow
impart: keep, withhold, secrete, hide
accommodate: aggravate, inconvenience, disoblige, incommode

Additional Information

Cf. Old English weak verb lǣnan (lend). Lend is a new-formation of the OE preterite forms.

Phrasal Verbs

~ out something, ~ something out, ~ itself to something,

Etymology

1. O.E. lænan "to lend," from læn "loan" (see loan). Cognate with Du. lenen, O.H.G. lehanon, Ger. lehnen, also verbs derived from nouns. Past tense form, with terminal -d, became principal form in M.E. on analogy of bend, send, etc.
2. From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).
3. Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan. See: Proto-Germanic '*laihnijaną', Dutch 'lenen', Danish 'låne', Swedish 'låna', Icelandic 'lána', Icelandic 'léna', Latin 'linquō', Greek, Ancient 'λείπω'.

Verbs referencing "lend"

Luxembourgish léinen, Russian лишить.

Sample Sentences

Ever quiet and obliging, and more than ready to lend a hand in every emergency which occurred among the workmen below, he had won the good opinion of all the hands, and spent many hours in helping them with as hearty a good will as ever he worked on a [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] of those exploits, with all his partiality for his hero, is fain to admit that the slaughtered monsters in question were of a very innocent and simple turn; extremely guileless and ready of belief; lending a credulous ear to the most improbable tales; suffering themselves to be easily entrapped into pits; and even (as in the case of the Welsh Giant ) with an excess of the hospitable politeness of a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] the crew, and the very first time the hands were turned up, went aloft like a cat, before anybody. And all through the passage there he was, first at the braces, outermost on the yards, perpetually lending a hand everywhere, but always with a sober dignity in his manner, and a sober grin on his face, which plainly said, ‘I do it as a gentleman. For my own pleasure, mind you!’ (American Notes for General Circulation)

lend – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lend

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'lend'

Verbs similar to 'lend'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "lend"

Sample Sentences