friend
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *preyH-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *priHós
Proto-Germanic *frijōną
Proto-Germanic *frijōndz
Proto-West Germanic *friund
Old English frēond
Middle English frend
English friend
From Middle English freend, frend, frende, freynde, friend, frind, frond, frund, vrend, vryend, from Old English frēond, frīond (“friend”, literally “loving [one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”), roughly equivalent to free + -nd. See also Friday.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots freend (“friend”), Yola friend, vriene (“friend”), North Frisian frinj, frün (“friend”), Saterland Frisian Fjund, Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, freondinne (“friend”), Cimbrian bròint, vròint (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), German Freund (“friend”), German Low German Fründ (“friend, relative”), Limburgish vröndj (“friend”), Luxembourgish Frënd (“friend”), Vilamovian fraeind, frajnd (“friend”), Yiddish פֿרײַנד (fraynd, “friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Faroese and Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk frende (“relative”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”); also Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin proprius (“own, proper”), Belarusian пры́яцель (prýjacjelʹ, “friend”), Bulgarian прия́тел (prijátel, “male friend”), Czech přítel (“friend; supporter; lover”), Macedonian при́јател (príjatel, “friend, mate, pal”), Polish przyjaciel, przyjáciel (“friend; lover”), Russian прия́тель (prijátelʹ, “friend; buddy, mate, pal”), Serbo-Croatian при̏јатељ, prȉjatelj (“friend”), Slovak priateľ (“friend; supporter”), Slovene prijatelj (“friend; companion; chum”), Ukrainian при́ятель (prýjatelʹ, “friend; buddy, pal”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved; own, wonted”). More at free.
Base: free
Affixes: -and
Inflected forms:
form: friends
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: frind
pos: noun
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: freind
pos: noun
tags: alternative
misspelling
form: friends
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: friending
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: friended
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: friended
pos: verb
tags: past
form: frind
pos: verb
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: freind
pos: verb
tags: alternative
misspelling
Senses:
gloss: A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
pos: noun
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.
gloss: An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A person who backs or supports something.
pos: noun
examples: I’m not a friend of cheap wine.
gloss: An object or idea that can be used for good.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Fruit is your friend.
gloss: Used as a form of address when warning someone.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
ironic
examples: You’d better watch it, friend.
gloss: A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
pos: noun
examples: 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[…]
gloss: A spring-loaded camming device.
pos: noun
examples: Since they were introduced in the 1970s, friends have revolutionized climbing, making protection possible in previously impossible places […]
gloss: A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
examples: 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?
gloss: A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: 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[…]
gloss: To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Lo sluggish Knight the victors happie pray: / So fortune friends the bold [...].
’Tis true, the stuff I bring for sale
Is not so brisk a brew as ale:
Out of a stem that scored the hand
I wrung it in a weary land.
But take it: if the smack is sour,
The better for the embittered hour;
It should do good to heart and head
When your soul is in my soul’s stead;
And I will friend you, if I may,
In the dark and cloudy day.
gloss: To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: One of the most used features of MySpace is the practice that is nicknamed "friending." If you "friend" someone, then that person is added to your MySpace friends list, and you are added to their friends list.
The two distributions which exhibited this property were in response to the statements, “I am careful about who I friend,” and, “If someone friends me, I will friend them.” (Figure 3).
I use Native, that’s what other Native people on Facebook use. I have 660 friends. Tons of Native friends in my feed. Most of my friends, though, are people I don’t know, who’d happily friended me upon request.
Synonyms: ally
babber
billy
bredrin
bruv
bud
buddo
butty
chaver
china
chuck
chum
cock
cocker
cobber
compadre
comrade
companion
cove
crony
dawg
dude
duck
fam
fettler
friend
geez
geezer
gink
good old boy
homeskillet
homie
kith
marrow
matey
mucker
old bean
pardner
peeps
punk
shag
sport
surry
tovarish
wantok
Antonyms: enemy
stranger
foe
asshole
bitchy-pants
creep
false friend
fiend
horse's ass
jerk
nemesis
pill
pisspot
schmuck
scuzz
scuzzball
stinker
wretch
Related words: ally
bedfellow
bedmate
childhood friend
classmate
compatriot
co-worker
fair-weather friend
family friend
fellow traveller
flatmate
frenemy
friend of a friend
goombah
hail fellow well met
housemate
mouth-friend
neighbor
neighbour
old friend
partner in crime
playfellow
playmate
schoolmate
roommate
roomie
acquaintance
associate
sweetheart
Derived words: affriended
a friend in need is a friend indeed
all-weather friend
asking for a friend
backfriend
back-friend
befriend
best friend
best friend forever
big friend
bosom friend
boy-friend
boy friend
boyfriend
chick-friend
chick friend
childhood friend
circle of friends
climber's friend
close friend
cyberfriend
diamonds are a girl's best friend
Dorothy's friend
dumb friend
e-friend
enbyfriend
enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
ex-friend
fair-weather friend
fair weather friend
fairweather friend
false friend
family friend
fast friend
feathered friend
fine-feathered friend
flu friend
four-legged friend
framily
fremesis
frenemy
friend at court
friend boy
friendboy
friendess
friendful
friend girl
friendgirl
friend group
friendhood
friend-in-law
friendish
friendiversary
friendless
friendlike
friendling
friendlist
friendly
friendmaking
friendo
friend of a friend
friend of Bill
friend of Bill's
friend of Bill W.
friend of Bluey
friend of court
friend of Dorothy
friend of mine
friend of ours
friend of the court
friendom
friend price
friend request
Friends
Friendsgiving
friend-shaped
friendship
friendshiply
friendshoring
friendsies
friends in higher places
friends in high places
friends in low places
friends list
Friendsmas
friendsome
Friendster
friends-to-lovers
friend-to-friend
friend with benefits
friendworthy
friendy
friend-zone
friend zone
friend zonee
friend-zonee
frienvy
fuckfriend
furriend
galfriend
girlfriend
girl-friend
girl friend
glue friend
good friend
Google is your friend
grandfriend
guy friend
guy-friend
half-friend
hi-bye friend
identification friend or foe
imaginary friend
just friends
lady friend
litigation friend
little friend
make friends
manfriend
man's best friend
McKenzie friend
merfriend
misfriend
m'learned friends
monthly friend
more than friends
motorman's friend
mouth-friend
mutual friend
my enemy's enemy is my friend
my friend
my learned friend
nepo friend
nepotism friend
newfriend
next friend
Nigel No Friends
Nigel no-friends
Nigel no friends
non-friend
nonfriend
old friend
old man's friend
outfriend
out-friend
partial false friend
pen-friend
pen friend
penfriend
playfriend
plumber's friend
prisoner's friend
Religious Society of Friends
say hello to my little friend
schoolfriend
semifriend
short accounts make long friends
short reckonings make long friends
Society of Friends
special friend
squirrel friend
stepfriend
superfriend
the enemy of my enemy is my friend
the enemy of your enemy is your friend
theyfriend
true friend
un-friend
unfriend
waiter's friend
what are friends for
wife's best friend
Wigner's friend
with friends like these who needs enemies
womanfriend
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: opora
lang: Finnish
word: ystävä
lang: German
word: Freund
lang: German
word: Freundin
lang: Greek
word: βοηθός
roman: voïthós
lang: Hebrew
word: משרת
lang: Hungarian
word: barát
lang: Persian
word: دوست
roman: dôst
lang: Persian
word: یاریگر
roman: yârigar
lang: Portuguese
word: aliado
lang: Portuguese
word: aliada
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: при̏јатељ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пријатѐљица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȉjatelj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prijatèljica
lang: Spanish
word: aliado
lang: Spanish
word: aliada
lang: Swahili
word: rafiki
lang: Swedish
word: allierad
lang: Swedish
word: vän
lang: Swedish
word: väninna
lang: Telugu
word: సహచరుడు
roman: sahacaruḍu