friend

Definitions


[frɛnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations
(e.g: she's a friend of mine)

- a member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker


Phrases:
- a friend at court
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- be friends with
- be no friend of
- friend with benefits
- friends in high places
- make friends
- my Right Honourable friend
- my honourable friend
- my learned friend
- my noble friend
- with friends like —, who needs enemies?

Origin:
Old English frēond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by free


[frɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- add (someone) to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website
(e.g: I am friended by 29 people who I have not friended back)

- befriend (someone)


Phrases:
- a friend at court
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- be friends with
- be no friend of
- friend with benefits
- friends in high places
- make friends
- my Right Honourable friend
- my honourable friend
- my learned friend
- my noble friend
- with friends like —, who needs enemies?

Origin:
Old English frēond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by free




definition by Oxford Dictionaries