Friend | |
1. s. A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. | |
2. s. (rock-climbing) (Brand name of) a spring-loaded camming device. Now used (often without initial capital) to refer to any such device. | |
3. s. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. | |
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. | |
4. s. A boyfriend or girlfriend. | |
5. s. An associate who provides assistance. | |
The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend. | |
6. s. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted | |
a friend of a friend; I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him. | |
7. s. A person who backs or supports something. | |
I’m not a friend of cheap wine. | |
8. s. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good. | |
Wiktionary is your friend. | |
9. s. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone. | |
You’d better watch it, friend. | |
10. s. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class. | |
11. s. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device. | |
12. s. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex. | |
13. s. (Scotland, obsolete) A relative. | |
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help. | |
15. v. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend. | |