Tra từ Friend - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also ENEMY, RELATIONSHIP
- a person who you know and like (not a member of your family): friend, (informal) mate
a good/loyal friend ◎ one of my best friends ◎ an old friend of mine (= a person who has been a friend for a long time)
close friends (= friends who like and trust each other a lot)
me and my mates
- a girl or woman's female friend: (especially AmE) girlfriend
- a person that you become friendly with by writing letters: penfriend, (informal) penpal
- a person that you know but who is not a close friend: acquaintance
※ boyfriends and girlfriends LOVE
※ becoming friends and stopping being friends
- to become a friend of sb: make* friends (with sb)
I find it quite easy to make friends.
- to choose to be a friend to sb: (formal) befriend sb
She befriended an elderly woman in the village.
- when a friendship comes to an end, you fall* out (with sb), stop being friends (with sb)
They fell out over money - he borrowed quite a lot from her and never gave it back.
- to be friends again after falling out: make* up (with sb)
I'm sorry for what happened; couldn't we make up now and be friends again?
※ friendly behaviour
- when you are sb's friend, you are friends (with sb), friendly with sb; noun (C/U): friendship
We've been friends for years. ◎ Are you still friends with Julie? ◎ You're quite friendly with Sam these days - why don't you ask him over? ◎ Our friendship has survived many difficult times.
- if you have a friendly relationship with sb you are on good terms with sb
I'm not on good terms with my employer at present.
- when you behave in a kind and pleasant way, you are friendly (to/towards sb); opposite: unfriendly
She seems quite friendly. ◎ You could try and be a bit more friendly towards her - she's really very nice.
- the quality of being friendly: friendliness (noun U)
The friendliness of the people in the village was wonderful.
- to give help to a friend in times of difficulty: stick* by sb, stand* by sb, support sb; adjective: supportive
It was a difficult time for me but my friends stood by me. ◎ When he was depressed, his friends were very supportive.