Tra từ friend - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

friend [friend friends friended friending] BrE [frend] NAmE [frend] noun

PERSON YOU LIKE
1. a person you know well and like, and who is not usually a member of your family
• This is my friend Tom.
• Is he a friend of yours?
•She's an old friend (= I have known her a long time).
•He's one of my best friends.
•a close/good friend
•a childhood/family/lifelong friend
•I heard about it through a friend of a friend.
•She has a wide circle of friends.
see also ↑befriend, ↑boyfriend, ↑fair-weather, ↑false friend, ↑girlfriend, ↑penfriend, ↑school friend

SUPPORTER
2. a person who supports an organization, a charity, etc, especially by giving or raising money; a person who supports a particular idea, etc
•the Friends of St Martin's Hospital
•a friend of democracy
•Theatre tickets are 10% cheaper for Friends.

NOT ENEMY
3. a person who has the same interests and opinions as yourself, and will help and support you
•You're among friends here— you can speak freely.
•His eyes were moving from face to face: friend or foe?

SILLY/ANNOYING PERSON
4. (ironic)used to talk about sb you do not know who has done sth silly or annoying
•I wish our friend at the next table would shut up.

IN PARLIAMENT/COURT
5. (in Britain)used by a member of parliament to refer to another member of parliament or by a lawyer to refer to another lawyer in a court of law
•my honourable friend, the member for Henley (= in the House of Commons)
•my noble friend (= in the House of Lords)
•my learned friend (= in a court of law)

IN RELIGION
6. Frienda member of the Society of Friends
Syn: ↑Quaker
more at man's best friend at ↑man _n.
Idioms: ↑friend in need ▪ friends ▪ ↑good friends ▪ ↑have friends in high places

Word Origin:
Old English frēond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by ↑free.

Thesaurus:
friend noun C
•He's one of my best friends.
companion • • acquaintance • • confidant • • ally • |BrE, informal mate • |AmE, informal buddy • |informal, old-fashioned pal • |often disapproving crony •
Opp: enemy
a friend/mate/buddy/pal of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs/my mother's/Diana's, etc.
an old friend/acquaintance/ally/mate/buddy/pal
a good friend/companion/mate/buddy/pal
have friends/acquaintances/allies/mates/buddies/pals

Example Bank:
•Does your sister have any single friends?
•Even his own friends don't believe him.
•He finds it difficult to make friends.
•He introduced me to his circle of friends.
•He was last seen leaving a restaurant with a female friend.
•He won't win any friends if he carries on talking like that.
•Her best friend at school was called Anna.
•I was given this necklace by a good friend of mine.
•I'm inviting only my closest friends to the party.
•If you need a friend, just call me.
•It was so relaxing to be among old friends.
•My so-called friends are making fun of me because of my weight.
•People he had trusted turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
•She doesn't have many good friends.
•She's made friends with the little girl who lives next door.
•They became friends after meeting at college.
•We met each other through a mutual friend.
•We stayed friends even after we grew up and left home.
•a friend from high school
•He's one of my best friends.
•I heard about it through a friend of a friend.
•Is he a friend of yours?
•She has a wide circle of friends.
•She met up with some of her old school friends.
•She's an old friend.
•a childhood/family/lifelong friend