in the Facebook sense, attested from 2005, from the noun. Friend occasionally has been used as a verb in English since c. 1200 ("to be friends"), though the more usual verb for "join in [..]

Old English freond "one attached to another by feelings of personal regard and preference," from Proto-Germanic *frijand- "lover, friend" (source also of Old Norse frændi, Old Dani [..]

See natural friend.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university" ally: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; &quot [..]

someone you know well and like a lot

A friend, in the traditional sense of the word, is a close acquaintance. An online friend, however, is simply a person added to your list of friends on a social networking website. For example, on Fac [..]

 to befriend.

fraynd

khaver (khaveyrim)

noun Definition: someone that you hang around with and do fun stuff with! Word History: from peopleExample Sentence: My friend and I have to do a science project together!

an individual who is part of another individual’s network.

(noun): Not necessarily someone you’ve met in real-life, a ‘friend’ is anyone you’ve had some sort of interaction with and have agreed to ‘connect’ with through a social platform, such as Facebook.

 (verb): This is now entering common parlance, it’s the act of adding someone to a social network. For example, “I’ll ‘friend’ you on Facebook”

A friend refers to a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. No particular degree of intimacy is required in order to show that the person starting the action be consid [..]

The closest thing Java has to the C++ concept of friend is the default package scope. package scope scope

(n) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust(n) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance(n) a person with whom you are acquainted(n) a person who backs a politician or a t [..]

Always the liker, never the lover.

amicus, comes comitis

The second in a duel, as “Name your friend,” “Captain B. acted as his friend.”

To a child with reactive attachment disorder, a friend might be anyone who is willing to talk to him.

 A person who has joined a profile as a result of an invitation.  

verb

A name brand of a type of spring loaded camming device (SLCD), sometimes used to refer to any type of spring loaded camming device.

Persons whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

Friend was born in Schenectady, New York and received his PhD from American University in 1953. He then became a professor of finance and economics ...

, Freen, sb. a relative. ‘They’re far out friends of mine, but I niver seen them.’

allows access by a specified class

a function or class explicitly granted access to members of a class by that class. TC++PL 11.5, C.11.4, D&E 2.10, 3.6.1-2.

On Facebook, a friend refers to someone that you have connected with on your private Facebook profile. They will be able to see your status updates and photos.

A Quaker; a member of the . (rock-climbing)a spring-loaded camming device. Now used (often without initial capital) to refer to any such device.

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Brand name for the first make of spring loaded camming device, originally patented by Ray Jardine in 1978 and now manufactured by Wild Country; loosely, any brand of SLCD. Its invention revolutionised [..]