lend

verbs

bestow a quality on
"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"
add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend
give temporarily; let have for a limited time
"I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
lend, loan
is derived from
lendable
is derived from
lender
antonym
borrow
have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to
"This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
lend
is a type of (narrower)
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
be