befriend
befriend
Definition
be·friend (bē frend′, bi-)
transitive verb
to act as a friend to; help
befriend
Synonyms
befriend
Usage Examples
Object
- arrangment: I started to really think about our befriending arrangment and soon realized that going out with him each week was a high point.
- stranger: Blessed are the peacemakers, who befriend perfect strangers.
- scheme: Who have worked with the elderly - on befriending schemes or learning to use the internet to keep in touch with grandchildren.
- prisoner: He also engages actively in befriending lonely, isolated prisoners, traveling many miles to visit them.
- refugee: In nearby Dover, the Migrant Helpline supports and befriends refugees and asylum seekers.
- girl: Julia had befriended an American girl whose father was a pastor in Moscow.
Subject
- boy: In our version, she is befriended by a boy who flies kites.
- woman: Shem finds himself befriended by a lonely woman called Rose of whom he grows fond.
- dog: They traveled by night, befriended by various generous dogs.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
- such: An artist himself, he befriended avant-garde artists such as Bob Thompson, Robert Rauschenberg and Yoko Ono.
Modifying Another Word
- quickly: In each book, the writer quickly befriends the " players " of the respective communities and hears the gossip.
- soon: Other pets are often curious at first but soon befriend the chickens.
- also: He also befriended the officers of British ships stationed in North America.
- even: You've entertained, helped, maybe even befriended me over these last few months.
- not: Why not befriend nature ( ie human nature ) instead trying to distort it with cruelty?
- then: Once trained, befrienders are " matched " with the person they will then befriend.
Preposition: for
- year: The Guild has been involved in befriending for many years, but this has now been placed on a more organized footing.
Preposition: by
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