friend
verb/frend/
/frend/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they friend | /frend/ /frend/ |
| he / she / it friends | /frendz/ /frendz/ |
| past simple friended | /ˈfrendɪd/ /ˈfrendɪd/ |
| past participle friended | /ˈfrendɪd/ /ˈfrendɪd/ |
| -ing form friending | /ˈfrendɪŋ/ /ˈfrendɪŋ/ |
- friend somebody to add somebody to your list of contacts on a social media website
- The chat system only allows you to communicate with those you have friended on the site.
Word OriginOld English frēond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by free.
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