defriend
defriend verb: to remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
Verb
defriend (third-person singular simple present defriends, present participle defriending, simple past and past participle defriended)
- To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
- But why subject myself and friends to the awkward social construct of being virtually "defriended" because I want to save some space on a Web page?2005, Schmitt et al, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design
- Likewise, the actions of friending or defriending someone send out messages of their own.2007, Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4
- Synonyms:
- unfriend
defriend meaning in Tamil
defriend in Tamil
- நட்பு விலகல்
Synonyms of defriend
Antonyms
Forms of defriend
| third-person singular present | defriends |
|---|---|
| present participle | defriending |
| past participle | defriended |
| past | defriended |
Origin of defriend
From de- + friend.
Words that rhyme with defriend
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spend
- suspend
- trend
- ascend
- offend
- pretend
- unbend
- commend
- tend
- amend
- contend
- depend
- lend
- distend
- impend
- recommend
- rend
- shend
- subtend
- tight end
- upend
- wend
- append
- befriend
- blend
- pend
- resend
- transcend
- abend
- comprehend
- entend
- fend
- obtend
- perpend
- portend
- unfriend
- vend
- weekend
- when'd
- blende
- disrecommend
- emend
- expend
- forfend
- forspend
- freakend
- genetic dead end
- heaven forfend
Questions about defriend
- What does defriend mean?
- Defriend means to remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
- What is defriend in Tamil?
- Defriend in Tamil is நட்பு விலகல். See Defriend meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is defriend?
- Defriend is a verb.
- What is the past tense of defriend?
- The past tense of defriend is defriended.
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