Friend

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  • noun. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
  • noun. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
  • noun. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
  • noun. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement.
  • noun. A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.
  • transitive verb. To add (someone) as a friend on a social networking website.
  • transitive verb. To befriend.
  • idiom. (be friends with) To be a friend of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To befriend.
  • noun. One who is attached to another by feelings of personal regard and preference; one who entertains for another sentiments which lead him to seek his company and to study to promote his welfare.
  • noun. One not hostile; one of the same nation, party, or kin; one at amity with another; an ally: opposed to foe or enemy.
  • noun. One who is favorable, as to a cause, institution, or class; a favorer or promoter: as, a friend of or to commerce; a friend of or to public schools.
  • noun. Used as a term of salutation, or in familiar address.
  • noun. [capitalized] A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.
  • noun. A lover, of either sex.
  • noun. In Scotslaw, a tutor or curator.
  • noun. Synonyms Companion, Comrade, etc. See associate.
  • noun. Patron, advocate, partizan, well-wisher.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
  • 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.
  • noun. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter.
  • 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.
  • noun. A paramour of either sex.
  • noun. one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. to have friendly relations with.
  • noun. to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with.
  • transitive verb. To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
  • noun. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
  • noun. An associate who provides assistance.
  • noun. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted
  • noun. A person who backs or supports something.
  • noun. An object or idea that can be used for good.
  • noun. Used as a form of address when warning someone.
  • noun. In object-oriented programming, a function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
  • verb. To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
  • verb. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
  • noun. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
  • noun. an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
  • noun. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
  • noun. a person with whom you are acquainted
  • Word Usage
    "But you, my friend my *friend* are not guilty of this."
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