friend (noun)

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

"he was my best friend at the university"

ally, friend (noun)

an associate who provides cooperation or assistance

"he's a good ally in fight"

acquaintance, friend (noun)

a person with whom you are acquainted

"I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"

supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend (noun)

a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

"all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

Friend, Quaker (noun)

a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

friend (Noun)

A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.

friend (Noun)

A boyfriend or girlfriend.

friend (Noun)

An associate who provides assistance.

friend (Noun)

A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted

friend (Noun)

A person who backs or supports something.

friend (Noun)

An object or idea that can be used for good.

friend (Noun)

Used as a form of address when warning someone.

friend (Noun)

In object-oriented programming, a function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

friend (Verb)

To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.

friend (Verb)

To add a person to a list of friends on one's social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.

Friend (Noun)

A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends.

Friend (Noun)

(rock-climbing) Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device now manufactured by Wild Country. Now used (often without initial capital) to refer to any such device.

Friend

Friend is a city in Saline County, Nebraska, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,027.

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Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "association", such as a classmate, neighbor, coworker, or colleague. In some cultures, the concept of friendship is restricted to a small number of very deep relationships; in others, such as the U.S. and Canada, a person could have many friends, and perhaps a more intense relationship with one or two people, who may be called good friends or best friends. Other colloquial terms include besties or Best Friends Forever (BFFs). Although there are many forms of friendship, some of which may vary from place to place, certain characteristics are present in many such bonds. Such features include choosing to be with one another, enjoying time spent together, and being able to engage in a positive and supportive role to one another.Sometimes friends are distinguished from family, as in the saying "friends and family", and sometimes from lovers (e.g., "lovers and friends"), although the line is blurred with friends with benefits. Similarly, the friend zone is a term for when someone is restricted from rising up to the status of lover, hence the name (see also Unrequited love). Friendship has been studied in academic fields, such as communication, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Various academic theories of friendship have been proposed, including social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles.