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friend
[ frend ]
noun
- a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms: ,
friends of the Boston Symphony.
Synonyms: ,
- 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: , , ,
Antonyms: ,
- 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/ ڰɛԻ /
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 friendsto be friendly (with)
- make friendsto become friendly (with)
verb
- tr an archaic word for befriend
Friend
2/ ڰɛԻ /
noun
- a member of the Religious Society of Friends; Quaker
Friend
3/ ڰɛԻ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈڰԻ, noun
- ˈڰԻ, adjective
- ˈڰԻness, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ڰԻ· adjective
- ڰԻ··ness noun
- ԴDz·ڰԻ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of friend1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of friend1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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 .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I remain indebted to that friend for the discovery.
When Sharon quit her job and became a foster carer aged 51, her friends and family asked: "Why would you want to?"
The association sent its condolences to Grant's family, friends and "the entire rodeo/bull riding community", while loved ones mourned him on social media as a son, brother and friend.
"I just get along with my day. I go to school and meet up with my friends and practice- and on the weekends I do extraordinary stuff," she added.
His friends enjoy sending him highlight reels, too.
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How Do You Spell Friend?
Spelling tips for 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 “I see my friends on Friday.” Both friend and Friday begin fri-. If you remember that friend has an i in it, but just can’t remember where it goes, keep in mind the classic mnemonic device “I before E, except after C.”
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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