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lent

Definition

  • noun: a period of 40 days before Easter during which many Christians do not eat certain foods or do certain pleasurable activities as a way of remembering the suffering of Jesus Christ
  • noun: the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting
  • past tense and past participle of 'lend'
  • synonyms: slow, mild, gentle

Examples

  • I 'lent' our ladder to the neighbors.

  • the 'Lenten' season

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You can't leave me. I'm here. Okay, just don't... You just can't say stuff like that to me. Ever. Where else am I gonna go? Alice lent me the dress. The cast is... You're perfect. I'll take care of her, Chief Swan. I've heard that before. All right, Bells. (..)
    2008 Twilight