friend
n. countablen. someone you know well and like, but who is not a member of your family. You enjoy spending time with this person because you share interests or trust them.
n. a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations. Often used informally to address a stranger or a casual acquaintance in a lighthearted way.
I am going to the cinema with a close friend tonight.
She has been my best friend since we started primary school together twenty years ago.
Maintaining a lifelong friend requires a significant investment of time and emotional energy, especially as professional and family obligations begin to compete for one's limited attention.
English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.
Commonly takes the preposition 'of' ('a friend of mine') or 'with' ('friends with someone').
I am friend of himI am a friend of hisWhen using the 'friend of' construction, the following pronoun must be in the possessive form (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs).
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all-weather friend
One who is friendly, helpful, or available at all times regardless of the circumstances.
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asking for a friend
Indicates that a question is embarrassing by pretending to be posing the question on behalf of another person.
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fair-weather friend
One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so.