1 N‑UNCOUNT If there is friction between people, there is disagreement and argument between them. □ Sara sensed that there had been friction between her children.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Friction is the force that makes it difficult for things to move freely when they are touching each other. □ The pistons are graphite-coated to reduce friction.
Fri|day /fra I de I , -di/ (Fridays ) N‑VAR Friday is the day after Thursday and before Saturday. □ Mr Cook is intending to go to Brighton on Friday. □ The weekly series starts next Friday. □ I get home at half seven on Fridays. □ He left Heathrow airport on Friday morning.
fridge /fr I dʒ/ (fridges ) N‑COUNT A fridge is a large metal container which is kept cool, usually by electricity, so that food that is put in it stays fresh. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use refrigerator
friend ◆◆◆ /fre nd/ (friends , friending , friended )
1 N‑COUNT A friend is someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you. □ I had a long talk about this with my best friend. □ [+ of ] She never was a close friend of mine. □ …Sara's old friend, Ogden.
2 N‑PLURAL If you are friends with someone, you are their friend and they are yours. □ [+ with ] I still wanted to be friends with Alison. □ We remained good friends. □ Sally and I became friends.
3 N‑PLURAL ; N‑COUNT The friends of a country, cause, organization, or a famous politician are the people and organizations who help and support them. □ [+ of ] …The Friends of Birmingham Royal Ballet.
4 N‑COUNT If one country refers to another as a friend , they mean that the other country is not an enemy of theirs. □ Do Italy's friends and partners have to accept the situation?
5 PHRASE If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends . □ He has made friends with the kids on the street. □ He had made a friend of both girls.
6 VERB If you friend someone, you ask them to be your friend on a social media website, so that you can see each other's posts. □ [V n on ] People you have friended on Facebook could be complete strangers in real life. □ [V n] He friended dozens of other graduates of his college. COLLOCATIONS friend NOUN
1
noun + friend : childhood, college, family, school, university
adjective + friend : best, close, dear, good, great; lifelong, longtime, old; loyal, true; female, male; mutual
2
verb + friend : become, remain, stay
friend|less /fre ndləs/ ADJ Someone who is friendless has no friends. □ The boy was unhappy because he thought he was friendless.
friend|ly ◆◇◇ /fre ndli/ (friendlier , friendliest , friendlies )
1 ADJ If someone is friendly , they behave in a pleasant, kind way, and like to be with other people. □ [+ to ] Godfrey had been friendly to me. □ …a man with a pleasant, friendly face. □ Robert has a friendly relationship with his customers. □ …a friendly atmosphere. □ Your cat isn't very friendly. ● friend|li|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ She also loves the friendliness of the people.
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are friendly with someone, you like each other and enjoy spending time together. □ [+ with ] I'm friendly with his mother.
3 ADJ You can describe another country or their government as friendly when they have good relations with your own country rather than being an enemy. □ …a worsening in relations between the two previously friendly countries.
4 N‑COUNT In sport, a friendly is a match which is not part of a competition, and is played for entertainment or practice, often without any serious effort to win. [BRIT ] □ Athletic Bilbao agreed to play a friendly at Real Sociedad. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Friendly is also an adjective. □ …an ill-deserved 2-1 win over Japan in a friendly match. [in AM, use exhibition game ] USAGE friendly
Friendly
is never an adverb. Don’t say, for example, ‘
-friendly /-fre ndli/
1 COMB -friendly combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe things that are not harmful to the specified part of the natural world. □ Palm oil is environment-friendly. □ …ozone-friendly fridges.
2 COMB -friendly combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe things which are intended for or suitable for the specified person, especially things that are easy for them to understand, appreciate, or use. □ …customer-friendly banking facilities.
3 → see also user-friendly
frie nd|ly so|ci|ety (friendly societies ) N‑COUNT A friendly society is an organization to which people regularly pay small amounts of money and which then gives them money when they retire or when they are ill. [BRIT ]
friend|ship ◆◇◇ /fre ndʃ I p/ (friendships )
1 N‑VAR A friendship is a relationship between two or more friends. □ [+ with ] She struck up a close friendship with Desiree during the week of rehearsals. □ After seven years of friendship, she still couldn't tell when he was kidding.
2 N‑UNCOUNT You use friendship to refer in a general way to the state of being friends, or the feelings that friends have for each other. □ …a hobby which led to a whole new world of friendship and adventure.