Word Finder - friend

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

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John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college.   Trust is important between friends.   I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy.

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An associate who provides assistance.

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The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend.   The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.

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A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.

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a friend of a friend;  I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him.

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A person who backs or supports something.

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I’m not a friend of cheap wine.

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An object or idea that can be used for good.

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Wiktionary is your friend.

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(used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.

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You’d better watch it, friend.

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A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

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A spring-loaded camming device.

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A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

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A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.

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Friends agree best at a distance.

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

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

You're my most perfect friend in the entire world.

Sleep was not her friend during the day.

This time, my sweet little friend will assist me!

A friend, certainly, but their relationship was also romantic so best friend didn't seem like a good description.

Acquaintances were shallow and many, but if a person had one true friend in a lifetime, they were blessed.

Connie was a friend like that.

She is my best friend.

I want my best friend back, too.

I turned and left the room with my friend weeping on the bed.

The moon will not sour milk nor taint meat of mine, nor will the sun injure my furniture or fade my carpet; and if he is sometimes too warm a friend, I find it still better economy to retreat behind some curtain which nature has provided, than to add a single item to the details of housekeeping.

Her friend called today.

Was that what he was hinting at when he said she was his best friend - that he needed someone to talk to?

It's my friend in there who was assaulted.

Now, dear friend, Please accept these few words because of the love that is linked with them.

I surely deserve the comfort of a little friend to sooth my troubled mind.

Dear and precious Friend, How terrible and frightful a thing is separation!

The birds were silent, watching her to see if she was friend or foe.

Annie was my friend, not Howie.

You're the only one of us who is his longtime friend.

I enjoyed it last September until I became bored; I even had a little friend, as I recall.

I was calling my friend.

You're the best friend I've ever had and things around here could never be the same without you.

Is he your friend?

The grown-up members of the family, not to mention his wife, were pleased to have back a friend whose presence made life run more smoothly and peacefully.

I went to see a friend.

I could use a friend.

He may be a very bad man but we won't know until we have a friend of ours check the license plate.

He'd never gotten over her friend refusing to date him after she dumped him.

He's been my friend for almost t…ten years.

From your loving little friend, HELEN A. KELLER.

Pierre looked at his friend and, noticing that he did not like the conversation, gave no reply.

Solitude had always been her friend.

Lisa tugged her friend by the arm.

Lisa half dragged her gapping friend down the hall.

Even so, I don't know anyone who admits to understanding him - much less calling him a friend.

Mr. Cade, do you mind if I have a friend over now and then?

Cynthia removed the rag from her face and stared at her friend.

Where can I find you, my next little friend?

But first I need company and the affection of a sweet little friend.

It's not easy information to pull up but I have a friend.

Dusty's words floored him, and Damian couldn't help but feel hurt that his best friend hadn't told him of his suspicions sooner.

After eleven pairs of shoes, two stray dogs who gave up on me, and a girl friend who skipped off with a coal truck driver in West Virginia, here I am.

Then it is beautiful to observe with what patience, sweetness, and perseverance Helen endeavours to bring the unruly fingers of her little friend into proper position.

Mortemart, Hippolyte's friend, addressed him firmly.

We were delighted when Brandon called and told us he was bringing a friend.

Can she describe our chubby friend with the mustache?

Her friend, Mr. John Hitz, whose native tongue is German, says that her pronunciation is excellent.

Another friend, who is as familiar with French as with English, finds her French much more intelligible than her English.

Indeed, when some friend is trying to speak to Miss Keller, and the attempt is not proving successful, Miss Sullivan usually helps by spelling the lost words into Miss Keller's hand.

She and all the Rostov family welcomed him as an old friend, simply and cordially.