friend · n
friend (PERSON YOU LIKE)
A1 someone who you know well and like
Dictionary examples:
My friend eats pizza for breakfast. (0.0)
My friend wears socks on hands. (0.0)
My friend collects empty boxes. (0.0)
My friend reads books upside down. (0.0)
My friend sings to his food. (0.0)
My friend thinks cats can fly. (0.0)
He's a family friend/friend of the family. (13.5)
She's my best/closest friend - we've known each other since we were five. (23.6)
This restaurant was recommended to me by a friend of mine. (23.9)
friend (INTERNET)
A2 a person you write to on an Internet site
Dictionary examples:
I friended my grandma online. Now she likes all my posts! (0.0)
I accidentally friended my teacher. Goodbye, fun summer posts! (0.0)
I friended a pizza place. Now I'm always hungry! (0.0)
I've just added Adam as a friend on Facebook. (15.3)
be friends (with sb)
B1 to know and like someone
Dictionary examples:
My dog is friends with the mailman. He brings treats, not bills! (0.0)
I'm friends with my bed. It's always there for me! (0.0)
I'm friends with my alarm clock, but it always wakes me up! (0.0)
I've been friends with Jo for years. (8.4)
make friends (with sb)
B1 to begin to know and like someone
Dictionary examples:
She tried to make friends with her homework, but it gave her problems. (0.0)
I tried to make friends with my alarm clock, but it keeps waking me up. (0.0)
Tom tried to make friends with a cactus, but it was a prickly situation. (0.0)
He finds it difficult to make friends. (10.6)
He's made friends with a boy in his class called Alex. (18.3)
old friend
B1 someone who you have known and liked for a long time
Dictionary examples:
I saw my old friend after 20 years, and we both pretended to remember each other's names. (0.0)
My old friend and I still laugh about the time we got stuck in an elevator with a chicken. (0.0)
My old friend and I have a tradition of sending each other ugly socks every Christmas. (0.0)
Roger and I are old friends. (6.8)