Meaning of friend | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. (See also Friends.)
2. A surname transferred from the common noun.
3. A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
4. penis
5. Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device, now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized, as friend.
6. A place in the United States:
7. An unincorporated community in Terry Township, Finney County, Kansas.
8. To be a friend of: I am friends with my neighbor.
9. An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.
10. first-person singular present indicative of amigar
11. A minor city in Saline County, Nebraska, named after Charles E. Friend.
12. make friends with, to enter into friendly relations with; become a friend to.
13. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
14. A person who backs or supports something.
15. A ghost town in Wasco County, Oregon, named after George J. Friend.
16. without friends. alone and friendless. vriendeloosheid وحيد، بدون أصْدِقاء сам(отен) sem amigos nemající přátele, opuštěný ohne Freunde venneløs που είναι χωρίς φίλους sin amigos sõpradeta بی دوست ilman ystäviä délaissé חַסַר-יְדִידִים मित्रहीन bez prijatelja, osamljen elhagyatott sendirian vinalaus senza amici 友人のいない 친구가 없는 vienišas, be draugų bez draugiem tiada kawan vriendenloos venneløs, uten venneropuszczony, samotny بې ياره، بې دوسته sem amigos fără prieteni не имеющий друзей bez priate...
17. An object or idea that can be used for good.
    informal
18. kind and willing to make friends. She is very friendly to everybody. vriendelik وُدّي дружелюбен amigável přátelský freundlich venlig φιλικόςsimpático, amigable sõbralik مهربان ystävällinen amicalידידותי स्नेहशील prijateljski, srdačan barátságos ramah vinalegur amichevole, cortese 友好的な 친절한 draugiškas draudzīgs ramah vriendelijkvennlig, vennskapeligprzyjazny مرسته، دوستانه، دملګرۍ amigável pri­e­tenos дружелюбный priateľský prijateljski druželjubiv vänlig เป็นมิตร canayakın 友好的 дружній دوستانہ...
19. Used as a form of address when warning someone.
    colloquial, ironic
20. to start a friendly relationship; to become friends with someone. The child tried to make friends with the dog. bevriend يُصادِق، يَتَصادَق сприятелявам се fazer amizade spřátelit se Freundschaft schließen mit blive ven med πιάνω φιλίες trabar amistad con alguien, hacerse amigo de alguien sõprust sobitama دوست شدن با ystävystyä devenir ami/-ie avec לְהִתיָידֵד पहचान करना sprijateljiti se s összebarátkozik vkivel bersahabat vingast við fare amicizia con* 親しくなる ...와 친하게 사귀다 susidraugauti sadrau...
21. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
22. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
23. A spring-loaded camming device.
24. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
25. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
    euphemistic
26. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
27. A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
    Scotland, obsolete
28. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the clean air movement.
29. Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew
    in-plural
30. Friend A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.

Equivalents

Examples

“"[…]if you have any wish to speak openly to me as a friend, or to ask my opinion of any thing that you may have in contemplation—as a friend, indeed, you may command me.—I will hear whatever you like. I will tell you exactly what I think." "As a friend!"—repeated Mr. Knightley.—"Emma, that I fear is a word—No, I have no wish—[…]””

“The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.”

“...if you consider any man a friend whom you do not trust as you trust yourself, you are mightily mistaken and you do not sufficiently understand what true friendship means.”

“...he who looks upon a true friend, looks, as it were, upon a sort of image of himself. Wherefore friends, though absent, are at hand; though in need, yet abound; though weak, are strong; and—harder saying still—though dead, are yet alive; so great is the esteem on the part of their friends, the tender recollection and the deep longing that still attends them.”

“...you are my devoted friend too. You do more and work harder and oh shit I'd get maudlin about how damned swell you are. My god I'd like to see you... You're a hell of a good guy.”

“Definition of a friend: One who walks in—when the rest of the world walks out.”

“John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college. Trust is important between friends. I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy.”

“We became friends in the war and remain friends to this day. We were friends with some girls from the other school and stayed friends with them.”

“When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with halfpence.”

“The vicious propensities—the want of principle which he was careful to guard from the knowledge of his best friend, could not escape the observation of a young man of nearly the same age with himself, and who had opportunities of seeing him in unguarded moments, which Mr. Darcy could not have.”

“There was a Boy whose name was Jim; His Friends were very good to him. They gave him Tea, and Cakes, and Jam, And slices of delicious Ham, And Chocolate with pink inside, And little Tricycles to ride, And read him Stories through and through, And even took him to the Zoo—”

“The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.”

“The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.”

“a friend of a friend”

“I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him.”

“I’m not a friend of cheap wine.”

“Fruit is your friend.”

“You’d better watch it, friend.”

“But don't take the following sections as an endorsement of friends. Top C++ programmers avoid using friends unless absolutely necessary.”

“In that case, the function needn't (and shouldn't) be a friend.”

“To make a function be a friend to a class, the reserved word friend precedes the function prototype[…]”

“Since they were introduced in the 1970s, friends have revolutionized climbing, making protection possible in previously impossible places […]”

“Nor to the motion of a schoolboy's tongue ; Nor never come in visard to my friend”

“Time has been, when a gentleman wanted a friend, I could supply him with choice in an hour; but the market is spoiled, and a body might as soon produce a hare or a partridge […]”

“I met your friend. She's very nice, what can I say?”

“Friends agree best at a distance.”

“Make friends of framet folk.”

“He was not a drop's blood to me, though him and my wife were far-out friends.”

“Meanwhile on The View, Whoopi Goldberg and friends continue to spout their takes on the hot topics of the day.”

“Russia and friends continued to criticize the work of the JIM, focusing in particular on the methodology employed and the decision of the experts not to go to certain on-site visits for security reasons[…]”

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