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friend

[ frend ]

noun

  1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter

    friends of the Boston Symphony.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile:

    Who goes there? Friend or foe?

  4. a member of the same nation, party, etc.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  5. Friend, a member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker:

    The religious practices of Friends are founded in direct communion with God.

  6. 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)

  1. Rare. to befriend.
  2. 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

/ 蹿谤蓻苍诲 /

noun

  1. a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection, and loyalty; an intimate
  2. an acquaintance or associate
  3. an ally in a fight or cause; supporter
  4. a fellow member of a party, society, etc
  5. a patron or supporter

    a friend of the opera

  6. be friends
    to be friendly (with)
  7. make friends
    to become friendly (with)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr an archaic word for befriend
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Friend

2

/ 蹿谤蓻苍诲 /

noun

  1. a member of the Religious Society of Friends; Quaker
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Friend

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/ 蹿谤蓻苍诲 /

noun

  1. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿谤颈别苍诲蝉丑颈辫, noun
  • 藞蹿谤颈别苍诲濒别蝉蝉, adjective
  • 藞蹿谤颈别苍诲濒别蝉蝉ness, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蹿谤颈别苍诲路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 蹿谤颈别苍诲路濒别蝉蝉路ness noun
  • 苍辞苍路蹿谤颈别苍诲 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of friend1

First recorded before 900; Middle English friend, frend, Old English 蹿谤脓辞苍诲 鈥渇riend, lover, relative鈥 (cognate with Old Saxon friund, Old High German friunt ( German Freund ), Gothic 蹿谤颈箩艒苍诲蝉 ), originally the present participle of 蹿谤脓辞驳补苍, cognate with Gothic 蹿谤颈箩艒苍 鈥渢o love鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of friend1

Old English 蹿谤脓辞苍诲 ; related to Old Saxon friund , Old Norse 蹿谤牵苍诲颈 , Gothic 蹿谤颈箩艒苍诲蝉 , Old High German friunt
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. make friends with, to enter into friendly relations with; become a friend to.

More idioms and phrases containing friend

In addition to the idiom beginning with friend , also see fair-weather friend ; make friends .
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Example Sentences

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They had been murdered by 35-year-old Luke D'Wit, a family friend who had laced their medication with the opioid painkiller fentanyl after using fake identities to manipulate them.

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What distinguishes payne as a rising talent is the breadth of human understanding that makes the characters of 鈥淔urlough鈥檚 Paradise鈥 seem like old friends by the end of the drama.

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鈥淟ast night he told me to wake up as early as possible and just show up,鈥 says Castaneda, 33, a friend of Solis鈥 since they were in seventh grade.

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She died 鈥減eacefully鈥 and 鈥渟urrounded by her loving family and close friends,鈥 the statement said.

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Halfway through each episode, a friend visits to give the stylists additional perspective.

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How Do You Spell Friend?

Spelling tips for聽friend

The word friend is hard to spell for two reasons. First, it sounds like [ frend ], making it easy to miss the i. Second, even if you know there is an i, it can be difficult to remember the order of the i and the e.

How to spell friend: To remember that friend has an i in it, think of the phrase 鈥淚 see my friends on Friday.鈥 Both friend and Friday begin fri-. If you remember that friend has an i in it, but just can鈥檛 remember where it goes, keep in mind the classic mnemonic device 鈥淚 before E, except after C.鈥

Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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