Meaning

2 senses
  1. A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. (See also Friends.)

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

  2. Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device, now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized, as friend.

Examples

13420 sentences
  1. You and I are good friends.

    Ми з тобою добрі друзі. — deniko

    ruТы и я - хорошие друзья. — Lenin_1917

    deDu und ich sind gute Freunde. — mauersegler

  2. Let's shake hands and be friends.

    Давай потиснемо руки і будемо друзями. — deniko

    ruДавай пожмём руки и будем друзьями. — JeNNeR

    deLass uns die Hand reichen und Freunde sein. — mauersegler

  3. Tom is a friend of mine.

    Том мій друг. — deniko

    ruТом мой друг. — Mauritz

    deTom ist ein Freund von mir. — enteka

  4. Tom and I are good friends.

    Ми з Томом добрі друзі. — deniko

    ruТом и я — хорошие друзья. — sharptoothed

    deTom und ich sind gute Freunde. — MUIRIEL

  5. It's for a friend of mine.

    Це для мого друга. — sinichka

    ruЭто для моего друга. — Hellerick

    deEs ist für einen Freund von mir. — Espi

Origin

English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as Ger

English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.

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Forms

plural: Friends
SingularFriend
PluralFriends

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • best best friend
  • friend of mine
  • best friend
  • a friend of
  • with his friends
  • of my friends
  • have any friends
  • and his friends
  • close friends
  • of his friends
  • friend of yours
  • an old friend

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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