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Common
noun
•
A person,
typically
someone
other than
a
family member
,
spouse
or
lover
, whose company one
enjoys
and towards whom one
feels
affection
.
•
An
associate
who
provides
assistance
.
•
A person with whom one is
vaguely
or
indirectly
acquainted
.
•
A person who
backs
or
supports
something.
•
An
object
or
idea
that can be used
for good
.
•
Used as a
form of address
when
warning
someone.
•
In Object-oriented programming:
A
function
or
class
granted
special
access
to the
private
and
protected
members
of another
class
.
•
In Climbing:
A
spring-loaded
camming
device
.
•
A
lover
; a
boyfriend
or
girlfriend
.
•
In Scottish English:
A
relative
, a
relation
by
blood
or
marriage
.
•
A
Quaker
; a
member
of the
Society
of
Friends
. (
See also
Friends
.)
•
Brand name
of a
spring-loaded
camming
device
, now used to
refer
to any such
device
, often
uncapitalized
, as
friend
.
verb
•
To
act
as a
friend
to, to
befriend
; to be
friendly
to, to help.
•
To
add
(a person) to
a list
of
friend
s on a
social networking
site
; to
officially
designate
(someone) as a
friend
.
name
•
A
surname
, from
common nouns
.
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We usually make a friend
In older texts and certain dialects
make friends with someone. See Appendix:Collocations of do
the phrase to friend means "as a friend
for exampleː . The antonym to the phrase to friend is to fiend.
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Lineage
friend
English
frende
Middle English (1100-1500)
freond
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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