"defriend" meaning in English

See defriend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-defriend.wav [US] Forms: defriends [present, singular, third-person], defriending [participle, present], defriended [participle, past], defriended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijōną Proto-Germanic *frijōndz Proto-West Germanic *friund Old English frēond Middle English frend English friend English defriend From de- + friend. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|friend|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. 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Head templates: {{en-verb}} defriend (third-person singular simple present defriends, present participle defriending, simple past and past participle defriended)
  1. (social media, uncommon) To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website). Tags: uncommon Synonyms: unfriend [common]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *preyH-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *priHós\nProto-Germanic *frijōną\nProto-Germanic *frijōndz\nProto-West Germanic *friund\nOld English frēond\nMiddle English frend\nEnglish friend\nEnglish defriend\nFrom de- + friend.",
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      "form": "defriends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defriending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defriended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Rhymes:English/ɛnd",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛnd/2 syllables",
        "en:Social media"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2005, Schmitt et al, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design\nBut 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?"
        },
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          "ref": "2007, Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4:",
          "text": "Likewise, the actions of friending or defriending someone send out messages of their own.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website)."
      ],
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          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "social networking",
          "social networking"
        ],
        [
          "website",
          "website"
        ]
      ],
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        "(social media, uncommon) To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website)."
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "unfriend"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defriend"
}

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