Definitions for friend
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Princeton's WordNet(3.35 / 17 votes)Rate this definition:

1. friend(noun)

   a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

   "he was my best friend at the university"

2. ally, friend(noun)

   an associate who provides cooperation or assistance

   "he's a good ally in fight"

3. acquaintance, friend(noun)

   a person with whom you are acquainted

   "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"

4. supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend(noun)

   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. Friend, Quaker(noun)

   a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Wiktionary(3.75 / 12 votes)Rate this definition:

1. friend(Noun)

   A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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2. friend(Noun)

   A boyfriend or girlfriend.

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   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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3. friend(Noun)

   An associate who provides assistance.

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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4. friend(Noun)

   A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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5. friend(Noun)

   A person who backs or supports something.

   I'm not a friend of cheap wine.

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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6. friend(Noun)

   An object or idea that can be used for good.

   Google is your friend.

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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7. friend(Noun)

   Used as a form of address when warning someone.

   You'd better watch it, friend.

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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8. friend(Noun)

   In object-oriented programming, a function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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9. friend(Verb)

   To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.

   Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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10. friend(Verb)

    To add a person to a list of friends on one's social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.

    Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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11. Friend(Noun)

    A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends.

    Etymology: From frend, freond, from freond, from frijōndz, from prēy-. Cognate with freon, froen, freondinne, vriend, frund, fründ, Freund, frænde, frände, frændi,
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12. Friend(Noun)

    (rock-climbing) Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device now manufactured by Wild Country. Now used (often without initial capital) to refer to any such device.

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Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Friend(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. frend, freond, AS. frend, prop. p. pr. of fren, fregan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frndi kinsman, Sw. frnde. Goth. frijnds friend, frijn to love. 83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]

2. Friend(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. frend, freond, AS. frend, prop. p. pr. of fren, fregan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frndi kinsman, Sw. frnde. Goth. frijnds friend, frijn to love. 83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]

3. Friend(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. frend, freond, AS. frend, prop. p. pr. of fren, fregan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frndi kinsman, Sw. frnde. Goth. frijnds friend, frijn to love. 83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]

4. Friend(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. frend, freond, AS. frend, prop. p. pr. of fren, fregan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frndi kinsman, Sw. frnde. Goth. frijnds friend, frijn to love. 83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]

5. Friend(noun)

   a paramour of either sex

   Etymology: [OE. frend, freond, AS. frend, prop. p. pr. of fren, fregan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frndi kinsman, Sw. frnde. Goth. frijnds friend, frijn to love. 83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]

6. Friend(verb)

   to act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend

   Etymology: [OE. frend, freond, AS. frend, prop. p. pr. of fren, fregan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frndi kinsman, Sw. frnde. Goth. frijnds friend, frijn to love. 83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Friend

   Friend is a city in Saline County, Nebraska, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,027.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Friend

   frend, n. one loving or attached to another: an intimate acquaintance: a favourer: one of a society so called: (Scot.) a relative.—v.t. (obs.) to befriend.—adj. Friend′ed, supplied with friends.—n. Friend′ing (Shak.), friendliness.—adj. Friend′less, without friends: destitute.—n. Friend′lessness.—adv. Friend′lily.—n. Friend′liness.—adj. Friend′ly, like a friend: having the disposition of a friend: favourable: pertaining to the Friends or Quakers.—n. Friend′ship, attachment from mutual esteem: friendly assistance.—Friendly societies, or Benefit societies, associations, chiefly among mechanics, &c., for relief during sickness, old age, widowhood, by provident insurance.—Be friends with, to be on intimate or friendly relations with; Have a friend at court, to have a friend in a position where his influence is likely to prove useful; Society of Friends, the designation proper of a sect of Christians better known as Quakers. [A.S. fréond, pr.p. of fréon, to love; Ger. freund.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. friend

   The masterpiece of Nature.

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1. friend(noun)

   A firearm, orginally from the movie Scarface. "Stay in your place I recommend, Or say hello to my little friend" -- G-Unit (My Buddy)

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. friend

   A person you love to share time with.

   Friends are important throughout life.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 11, 2019  

2. friend

   A person we love to share time with.

   We are so grateful in life to have a friend.

   Submitted by MaryC on July 17, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'friend' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #579

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'friend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #803

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'friend' in Nouns Frequency: #76

Anagrams for friend »

1. finder

2. refind

3. finder, refind

How to pronounce friend?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of friend in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of friend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of friend in a Sentence

1. Barbara King:

   There was one gorilla whose long-term mate and friend died in the zoo, and he first tried to revive her, even bringing her favorite food to her and putting it in her hand and poking her, and then at some point he seemed to come to a really stunning realization that his friend was not going to move. I don’t know if that’s a concept of death, but his behavior changed and he let out a very agonizing wail and stopped trying to revive her. Clearly something cognitive and emotional happened to him at that moment.

2. Caleb Medley:

   We were just watching the movie and I noticed that the exit to the right opened up, i told [ friend ] Ashley [ Kurz ], I think someone’s doing a prank right now that’s going to be very funny.

3. Michael Ison:

   What we don't want is for someone to say,' Oh, I have a friend at Hospital X, so I'll send it all to them.

4. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Naturally, I stay an excellent friend of mine than whoever else since I feel the joy of fame with notability, no matter whatever it levels and ranges; it needs not a certificate.

5. Rafael Correa:

   We did notice that he was interfering in the elections and we do not allow that because we have principles, very clear values, as we would not like anyone to interfere in our elections, we are not going to allow that to happen with a foreign country and friend like the US.

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