9 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

friendship

noun: the state of being friends [syn: {friendly relationship}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Friendship \Friend"ship\, noun [AS. fre['o]ndscipe. See {Friend}, and {-ship}.]

1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.

There is little friendship in the world. --Bacon.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. --Rambler.

Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. --Spenser.

2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.]

Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest. --Shak.

3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. [Obs.]

Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other. --Dryden.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "friendship": accord, affection, affinity, alliance, amiability, amicability, amity, attachment, attraction, benevolence, brotherhood, closeness, coalition, comity, companionability, comradeship, concord, congeniality, consonance, conviviality, devotion, empathy, esteem, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fondness, fraternity, friendliness, fusion, harmony, intimacy, kindliness, league, love, rapport, sisterhood, sociability, warmth

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

FRIENDSHIP, noun A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

The sea was calm and the sky was blue; Merrily, merrily sailed we two. (High barometer maketh glad.) On the tipsy ship, with a dreadful shout, The tempest descended and we fell out. (O the walking is nasty bad!) Armit Huff Bettle

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

Friendship, AR (town, FIPS 25180) Location: 34.22375 N, 93.00301 W Population (1990): 160 (69 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71942 Friendship, IN Zip code(s): 47021 Friendship, MD Zip code(s): 20758 Friendship, ME Zip code(s): 04547 Friendship, NY (CDP, FIPS 27694) Location: 42.20544 N, 78.14240 W Population (1990): 1423 (544 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14739 Friendship, TN (city, FIPS 27960) Location: 35.91030 N, 89.24176 W Population (1990): 467 (210 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38034 Friendship, WI (village, FIPS 27950) Location: 43.97179 N, 89.81999 W Population (1990): 728 (298 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53934

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

Friendship, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 206 Housing Units (2000): 83 Land area (2000): 0.734614 sq. miles (1.902642 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.734614 sq. miles (1.902642 sq. km) FIPS code: 25180 Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05 Location: 34.223845 N, 93.003182 W ZIP Codes (1990): 71942 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Friendship, AR Friendship

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

Friendship, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 1176 Housing Units (2000): 535 Land area (2000): 2.751688 sq. miles (7.126838 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.751688 sq. miles (7.126838 sq. km) FIPS code: 27694 Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36 Location: 42.207455 N, 78.139606 W ZIP Codes (1990): 14739 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Friendship, NY Friendship

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

Friendship, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee Population (2000): 608 Housing Units (2000): 264 Land area (2000): 1.303705 sq. miles (3.376581 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.303705 sq. miles (3.376581 sq. km) FIPS code: 27960 Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47 Location: 35.910370 N, 89.241827 W ZIP Codes (1990): 38034 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Friendship, TN Friendship

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

Friendship, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 698 Housing Units (2000): 294 Land area (2000): 0.886474 sq. miles (2.295958 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.033735 sq. miles (0.087373 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.920209 sq. miles (2.383331 sq. km) FIPS code: 27950 Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55 Location: 43.971758 N, 89.818718 W ZIP Codes (1990): 53934 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Friendship, WI Friendship

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