be friends with

Variant of friend

friend definition

friend (frend)

noun

  1. a person whom one knows well and is fond of; intimate associate; close acquaintance
  2. a person on the same side in a struggle; one who is not an enemy or foe; ally
  3. a supporter or sympathizer a friend of labor
  4. something thought of as like a friend in being helpful, reliable, etc.
  5. any member of the Society of Friends; Quaker

Etymology: ME frend < OE freond, friend, lover, akin to Ger freund, prp. of Gmc *frijon, to love (> OE freon): for IE base see free

transitive verb

Archaic to act as a friend to; befriend

Related Forms:

friend Idioms

make (or be) friends with

to become (or be) a friend of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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