'Friend' definitions:

Definition of 'friend'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
noun
An associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy, foe]
noun
A person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" [syn: acquaintance, friend] [ant: alien, stranger, unknown]
noun
A person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend]
noun
A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) [syn: Friend, Quaker]

Definition of 'Friend'

From: GCIDE
  • Friend \Friend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Friended; p. pr. & vb. n. Friending.] To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Fortune friends the bold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Friend'

From: GCIDE
  • Friend \Friend\ (fr[e^]nd), n. [OR. frend, freond, AS. fre['o]nd, prop. p. pr. of fre['o]n, fre['o]gan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. fr[ae]ndi kinsman, Sw. fr[aum]nde. Goth. frij[=o]nds friend, frij[=o]n to love. [root]83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]
  • 1. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant. [1913 Webster]
  • Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. --Prov. xviii. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Friend, how camest thou in hither? --Matt. xxii. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • America was first visited by Friends in 1656. --T. Chase. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A friend at court or A friend in court, one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence.
  • To be friends with, to have friendly relations with. "He's . . . friends with C[ae]sar." --Shak.
  • To make friends with, to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with. "Having now made friends with the Athenians." --Jowett (Thucyd.). [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'friend'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Friend, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Friend, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
1174
Housing Units (2000) :
516
Land area (2000) :
0.796804 sq. miles (2.063713 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.796804 sq. miles (2.063713 sq. km)
FIPS code :
17775
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
40.652095 N, 97.285731 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
68359
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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