ALL meanings of lent
lent
L l - verb lent simple past tense and past participle of lend. 1
- noun lent (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. 1
- verb with object lent to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. 1
- verb with object lent to give (money) on condition that it is returned and that interest is paid for its temporary use. 1
- verb with object lent to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully: to lend one's aid to a cause. 1
- verb with object lent to adapt (oneself or itself) to something: The building should lend itself to inexpensive remodeling. 1
- verb with object lent to furnish or impart: Distance lends enchantment to the view. 1
- verb without object lent to make a loan. 1
- idioms lent lend a hand, to give help; aid: If everyone lends a hand, we can have dinner ready in half an hour. 1
- uncountable noun lent Lent is the period of forty days before Easter, during which some Christians give up something that they enjoy. 0
- noun lent Lent is the past tense and past participle of lend. 0
- noun lent 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 0
- noun lent falling within or associated with the season before Easter 0
- noun lent (at Cambridge University) Lent term boat races 0
- noun lent the period of forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter, observed variously in Christian churches by fasting and penitence 0
- noun lent in the Middle Ages, the period from Martinmas (November 11) to Christmas 0
- abbreviation LENT lend 0