lend an ear Definition

lend
verb lent, lending

1. To allow someone to use something on the understanding that it (or its equivalent) will be returned.
2. To give someone the use of something (usually money), especially in return for interest paid on it.

Thesaurus: advance, loan, let out.
3. To give or add (interest, beauty, etc) to something or someone.

Example: The lighting lends a calming atmosphere
Thesaurus: impart, contribute, bestow, add, furnish, grant.

Idiom: lend a hand

To help, though not necessarily by using the hands
Example: Can you lend a hand with working out this sum?

Idiom: lend an ear

To listen.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon lænan.

Phrasal Verb: lend itself to something

To be suitable for (a purpose).
Example: The hall lends itself to staging live bands

Phrasal Verb: lend oneself to something

To adapt oneself or set oneself up to be treated in a specified way.
Example: He lends himself to ridicule

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Lend is always a verb; loan can be used as a noun or a verb, although some people prefer lend to loan as the verb form in general senses.