After locating no pulse, the doctors declared Hays dead, and three days later, he was buried. But because of an investigation helmed by a local insurance company, his body was exhumed two days after the funeral. Much to those at the forensic instituteâs surprise, Hays was still warm.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: 1  friend(Noun) A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. 2  friend(Noun) A boyfriend or girlfriend. See. 3  friend(Noun) An associate who provides assistance. 4  friend(Noun) A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
friendâ²less adj. friendâ²lessÂ·ness n. Word History: The relationship between Latin amÄ«cus, friend, and amÅ, I love, is clear, as is the relationship between Greek philos, friend, and phileÅ, I love.. In English, though, we have to go back a millennium before we see the verb that we can easily connect to friend.