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1. (n.) friend
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
2. friend
a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter:
friends of the Boston Symphony.
3. friend
a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile:
Who goes there? Friend or foe?
4. friend
a member of the same nation, party, etc.
5. friend
(cap.) a member of the Society of Friends; Quaker.
6. (v.t.) friend
Archaic. to befriend.
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| Definition of 'friend' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) friend
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
"he was my best friend at the university"
2. (noun) ally, friend
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
"he's a good ally in fight"
3. (noun) acquaintance, friend
a person with whom you are acquainted
"I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
4. (noun) supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
"all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
5. (noun) Friend, Quaker
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
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1. (noun) friend
sb who you like to spend time with
one of my closest/best friends; an old friend from high school; to be friends with sb
2. friend
make friends (with)
to become sb's friend
It's hard for her to make friends.
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| Definition of 'friend' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) friend
one who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant
2. (noun) friend
one not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address
3. (noun) friend
one who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution
4. (noun) friend
one of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers
5. (noun) friend
a paramour of either sex
6. (verb) friend
to act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend
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| Definitions of 'friend' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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friend
The masterpiece of Nature.
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Sense: someone who knows and likes another person very well
He is my best friend.
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 Afrikaans: vriend |
 Arabic: صَديق |
 Bulgarian: приятел |
 Brazilian: amigo |
 Czech: přítel |
 German: der/die Freund/-in |
 Danish: ven; kammerat |
 Greek: φίλος |
 Spanish: amigo |
 Estonian: sõber |
 Farsi: دوست |
 Finnish: ystävä |
 French: ami/-ie |
 Hebrew: חָבֵר |
 Hindi: मित्र |
 Croatian: prijatelj |
 Hungarian: barát |
 Indonesian: teman |
 Icelandic: vinur |
 Italian: amico |
 Japanese: 友人 |
 Korean: 친구 |
 Lithuanian: draugas |
 Latvian: draugs |
 Malay: teman |
 Dutch: vriend |
 Norwegian: venn(inne), bekjent |
 Polish: przyjaciel |
 Persian: دوست |
 Pashto: ملګرى،دوست، رفيق، ورور (ل |
 Portuguese: amigo |
 Romanian: prieten |
 Russian: друг |
 Slovak: priateľ, -ka |
 Slovenian: prijatelj |
 Serbian: prijatelj |
 Swedish: vän, väninna |
 Thai: เพื่อน |
 Turkish: arkadaş |
 Taiwanese: 朋友 |
 Ukrainian: друг; приятель |
 Urdu: دوست |
 Vietnamese: bạn; người bạn |
 Chinese: 朋友 |
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