meaning of friend
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.
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.
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.
5. A paramour of either sex.
6. To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
7. Friend Relationship between classes in the language C++. FRINGE C. Katz, GE, 1961. Subcomponent of GE-255 GECOM system. Sorting and merging of data, reports and file maintenance. frink /frink/ The unknown ur-verb, fill in your own meaning. Found especially on the Usenet newsgroup news:alt. fan. lemurs, where it is said that the lemurs know what "frink" means, but they arent telling. Compare gorets. [Jargon File]
Related Words
friend | friended | friending | friendless | friendlily | friendliness | friendly | friendship |
