Giving and transferring

Synonyms for lend

The synonym for lend recorded in this bank is loan, in the sense "to give something to someone temporarily, expecting it back". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for lend

loanverb, in the sense "to give something to someone temporarily, expecting it back"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and lend carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsGiving and transferring

to give something to someone temporarily, expecting it back

Neighbors often lend each other tools for weekend projects.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

loan

Same sentence, swapped: Neighbors often loan each other tools for weekend projects.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot lend is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

borrow
repair
replace

Where lend turns up in the game

lend is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where lend is the trap

addverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is total, in the sense "determine the sum of", and lend is one of the three tiles that lose.
bequeathverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is leave, in the sense "to leave property to someone through a will", and lend is one of the three tiles that lose.
extortverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is wring, in the sense "to obtain money from someone through force, threats, or intimidation", with lend sitting one tile away.

Play lend

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lend reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because giving and transferring is the company lend keeps.

deliververbbringto bring and hand over something to its intended recipientFoothillsHas a reason line edgeverb, nounborderprovide with a border or edgeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line endowverbfundto provide a permanent source of income or funding forFoothillsHas a reason line giftnounpresentsomething given voluntarily, without payment, to please someoneFoothillsHas a reason line trashverbjunkdispose of (something useless or old)Foothills tributenounhomagea gift, act, or statement made to show respect or gratitudeRidgelineHas a reason line underwriteverbfundto agree to pay the costs of somethingTreelineHas a reason line sparinglyadverblightlyin a limited or restrained amountFoothillsHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. lend carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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