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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  Friend
       
          Relationship between classes in the language C++.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Friend, KS
    Zip code(s): 67871
  Friend, NE (city, FIPS 17775)
    Location: 40.65107 N, 97.28405 W
    Population (1990): 1111 (483 housing units)
    Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68359
  Friend, OR
    Zip code(s): 97021

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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["a]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.).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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["a]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 aud
        welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes,
        an attendant.
  
              Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
                                                    --Prov. xviii.
                                                    24.
  
     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.
  
              Friend, how camest thou in hither?    --Matt. xxii.
                                                    12.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
              America was first visited by Friends in 1656. --T.
                                                    Chase.
  
     5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     A friend at court or 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.).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.]
  
           Fortune friends the bold.                --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  friend
       n 1: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust;
            "he was my best friend at the university"
       2: an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in
          fight"; "they were friends of the workers" [syn: ally]
          [ant: foe]
       3: 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]
       4: 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]
       5: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by
          George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves
          Quakers) [syn: Quaker]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  friend
     Αγγλικά n.
     φίλος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  friend
     n.
     A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or
  lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be
  friendly to, to help.
     Old English n.
     1 (inflection of ang frēond  dat sg)
     2 (inflection of ang frēond  nom and acc p)
     Yola n.
     (alt form yol vriene)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Friend
     n.
     1 A Quaker; a member of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20Friends. {q|See also (m en
  Friends).}
     2 (lb en rock-climbing) (n-g: Brand name of) a spring-loaded camming
  device, {n-g|now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized,
  as (m en friend).}
     n.
     (surname en from=common nouns).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  friend
     n.
     A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or
  lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be
  friendly to, to help.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Friend
     n.
     1 A Quaker; a member of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20Friends. {q|See also (m en
  Friends).}
     2 (lb en rock-climbing) (n-g: Brand name of) a spring-loaded camming
  device, {n-g|now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized,
  as (m en friend).}
     n.
     (surname en from=common nouns).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  friend
     n.
     A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or
  lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be
  friendly to, to help.
     Old English n.
     1 (inflection of ang frēond  dat sg)
     2 (inflection of ang frēond  nom and acc p)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Friend
     n.
     1 A Quaker; a member of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20Friends. {q|See also (m en
  Friends).}
     2 (lb en rock-climbing) (n-g: Brand name of) a spring-loaded camming
  device, {n-g|now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized,
  as (m en friend).}
     n.
     (surname en from=common nouns).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  friend
     n.
     A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or
  lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be
  friendly to, to help.
     Old English n.
     1 (inflection of ang frēond  dat sg)
     2 (inflection of ang frēond  nom and acc p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Friend
     n.
     1 A Quaker; a member of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20Friends. {q|See also (m en
  Friends).}
     2 (lb en rock-climbing) (n-g: Brand name of) a spring-loaded camming
  device, {n-g|now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized,
  as (m en friend).}
     n.
     (surname en from=common nouns).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  friend
     Englanti n.
     ystävä, kaveri, tuttava, toveri

From Albanian Wiktionary [incomplete] (2016-11-13) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sq-ALL-2016-11-13 ]


  friend
     Anglisht n.
     mik

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  friend
     Engelska n.
     vän
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg vardagligt språk=en) bli vän med på ett socialt nätverk

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  friend /fɹˈɛnd/
  1. vriendin
  2. vriend

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Friend /fɹˈɛnd/
  الصديق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  friend //frɪnd// //fɹɛnd// /[fɹ̥end̥]/ 
  1. га́дже, приятел
  boyfriend or girlfriend
  2. прия́тел, прия́телка, приятел
  person whose company one enjoys
  3. позна́т
  person with whom you are acquainted

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  friend //frɪnd// //fɹɛnd// /[fɹ̥end̥]/ 
  сприятеля́вам се
  to add as a friend