friend
part of speech
noun (friend, friends); verb (friend — to add someone online; unfriend)
meaning for a pupil
1) A friend is a person you like and who likes you, who you enjoy being with. tree →
2) A friend is a person who helps or supports you: a friend of the planet. tree →
3) To friend someone online is to add them to your list; to unfriend is to remove them. tree →
4) (casual) Chatty words for a friend: mate (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ), buddy and pal (US, Canada), bestie, bro, bud, BFF (best friend forever). tree →
5) (casual) «Mate» or «buddy» can also be said to a stranger, friendly or with a warning: «Oi, mate, that's my seat.» tree →
6) (casual) «Just friends» means not boyfriend and girlfriend. tree →
7) (formal) The exam voice says «companion», «associate», «acquaintance», «peer», «a fellow pupil». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A close companion; it is also used for any fellow person or neighbour. Interpretation: God speaking to Moses "as a man speaks to his friend" shows how close Moses was; tradition says no other prophet was so near. In the primary lessons: the person who gives or receives, or who gets an equal share («gives 7 to a friend» = subtract, «shares among 4 friends» = divide); in everyday life making friends, best friend, being a good friend; in online safety, only accept friends you know in real life; in casual talk «mate», «bestie», «bro»; in gossip «they're not friends any more»; in the exam voice «his four companions», «a peer», «an associate»
examples
- And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. (Torah EXO.33.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. (Torah GEN.26.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not. (Torah GEN.38.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. (Writings SNG.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. (Writings JOB.19.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends. (Writings PRO.16.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- Anna has 13 shells. Anna gives 7 shells to a friend. How many shells are left? tree →
- A friend gives Anna 5 more stickers. tree →
- Raj shares 16 sweets among 4 friends. tree →
- Lily is my best friend. tree →
- Be a good friend and share your toys. tree →
- I made a new friend at the park. tree →
- A dog can be a great friend. tree →
- Only chat online with friends you know in real life. tree →
- me n 3 mates going to the pool, 4 tickets pls tree →
- Oi mate, that's my seat, shove off. tree →
- Did you hear? Mia and Zoe aren't friends any more. tree →
- Raj distributes 16 confections equally amongst his 4 companions; state the number received by each companion. tree →
- Piraeus is my very best friend." tree →
note
Spelling: «i» before «e»: f-r-i-e-n-d. Check the direction: «gives … to a friend» = subtract; «a friend gives you more» = add; «among N friends» = divide. Trap: «she and 3 friends» or «me and 3 mates» is 4 people, not 3. «mate» and «buddy» said to a stranger are not a sign of friendship; the tone tells if it is friendly or a warning. «companions» in an exam are just friends.
In the corpora
- Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.
- And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
- But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had had for his friend.
- So Hushai David's friend came into the city; and Absalom was at the point of coming into Jerusalem.
- And Absalom said to Hushai: 'Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «friend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.