Definition/Meaning of friend

• English - Noun: friend ( plural friends ) 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 . A boyfriend or girlfriend . An associate who provides assistance . The Automobile…
• English - Verb: friend ( third-person singular simple present friends , present participle friending , simple past and past participle friended ) ( transitive , obsolete ) To act as a friend to , to befriend; to be friendly to , to help . 1596 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , IV .ii: Lo sluggish Knight the victors happie pray: / So fortune friends the bold [...]. ( transitive ) To add (a person) to a list…
• Spanish - Noun: friend m ( plural friends ) ( climbing ) cam
• English - Etymology: From Middle English frende , frend , freond , from Old English frēond ( “ friend , relative , lover ” , literally “ loving-[one] ” ), from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz ( “ lover , friend ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *prēy- , *prāy- ( “ to like , love ” ), equivalent to free +‎ -nd . Cognate with Saterland Frisian Früünd ( “ friend ” ), West Frisian freon , froen , freondinne ( “ friend ” ), Dutch…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /fɹɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd