A Quick and Simple Dictionary

Friend

1. Noun.  A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends.
2. Noun.  ''(rock-climbing)'' Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device now manufactured by Wild Country. Now used (often without initial capital) to refer to any such device.
3. Noun.  A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
4. Noun.  A boyfriend or girlfriend.
5. Noun.  An associate who provides assistance.
6. Noun.  A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
7. Noun.  A person who backs or supports something.
8. Noun.  (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
9. Noun.  (colloquial, ironic) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
10. Noun.  (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
11. Verb.  (obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
12. Verb.  To add a person to a list of friends on one's social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.