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friend
[ frend ]
noun
- a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
friends of the Boston Symphony.
- a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile:
Who goes there? Friend or foe?
- a member of the same nation, party, etc.
Synonyms: compatriot, confrere, associate, ally
- Friend, a member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker:
The religious practices of Friends are founded in direct communion with God.
- a person associated with another as a contact on a social media website:
We've never met, but we're Facebook friends.
verb (used with object)
- Rare. to befriend.
- to add (a person) to one's list of contacts on a social media website:
I just friended a couple of guys in my class.
friend
1/ frɛnd /
noun
- a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection, and loyalty; an intimate
- an acquaintance or associate
- an ally in a fight or cause; supporter
- a fellow member of a party, society, etc
- a patron or supporter
a friend of the opera
- be friendsbe friends to be friendly (with)
- make friendsmake friends to become friendly (with)
Friend
2/ frɛnd /
noun
- mountaineering a device consisting of a shaft with double-headed spring-loaded cams that can be wedged in a crack to provide an anchor point
Friend
3/ frɛnd /
noun
- a member of the Religious Society of Friends; Quaker
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Derived Forms
- ˈfriendship, noun
- ˈfriendlessness, noun
- ˈfriendless, adjective
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Other Words From
- friend·less adjective
- friend·less·ness noun
- non·friend noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of friend1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of friend1
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Idioms and Phrases
- make friends with, to enter into friendly relations with; become a friend to.
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In addition to the idiom beginning with friend , also see fair-weather friend ; make friends .Discover More
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Example Sentences
In an email exchange a friend said many had repeated this same succinct review but they could never elaborate.
The two strengthened ties over the years and now Krauss considers Epstein a “close” and “considerate” friend.
What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.
Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
It is then we make him our friend, which sets us above the envy and contempt of wicked men.
Ripperda accompanied this unexpected refusal, with a laboured epistle to his imperial friend.
A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.
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