FRIEND
\fɹˈɛnd], \fɹˈɛnd], \f_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_d]\
Definitions of FRIEND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
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a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
By Princeton University
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a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
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a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A paramour of either sex.
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To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A paramour of either sex.
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To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
By Noah Webster.
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The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One attached to another by affection, regard, or esteem; an intimate acquaintance; a supporter or favorer of a cause, etc.; an ally; a salutation or greeting: Friend, a member of the Society of Friends, or Quakers.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] One who is attached to another by sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection; a well-wisher; an intimate associate;—one not a foe or enemy; one whose friendly feelings may be assumed;—a favourer; a promoter;—a kindly or familiar term of salutation;—one of the religious sect usually called Quakers.
