friend

friend has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
• n.. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.
• n.. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.
• n.. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
• n.. A paramour of either sex.
• v. t.. To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
• n.. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
• n.. a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
• n.. an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"
• n.. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
• n.. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"