Definition of befriend
: to become or act as a friend to
- befriended the new student
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Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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Miyazaki’s was My Neighbor Totoro, a fantasy about a pair of young girls who move to the countryside and befriend a menagerie of forest spirits including the giant Totoro, who travels around in a catbus.
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The true story of Stubby began in 1917, when the stray pup befriended a soldier preparing for the war, Robert Conroy of New Britain.
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The people she’s befriended over the years, however, has been the most rewarding.
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Over the years, several Agency officers also befriended her & would stop by to help w yard work & grocery shopping.
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Around the same time, Claire befriends a pretty young Korean woman named Man-hee (Kim Min-hee), who is (or was) attending the festival in her capacity as a film sales agent.
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After reviving Southside’s paper, the Red and Black, and befriending fellow student Toni Topaz, Jughead is jumped by the Ghoulies late one night at school.
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The probe determined that the executive’s secretary had unwittingly shared his travel itinerary with someone who had befriended her on social media, Ms. Ho said.
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Instead of the investigator being confrontational, friendly and seemingly befriending gets far more results.
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First Known Use of befriend
1559
BEFRIEND Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of befriend for English Language Learners
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: to become a friend to (someone)
BEFRIEND Defined for Kids
Definition of befriend for Students
befriended;
befriending
: to act as a friend to
We befriended the new student.
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