a friend in need is a friend indeed
If a friend helps one when one is in need, that person is a true friend.
A friend in need is a friend indeed, Een vrient in noot / is een vrient in der daet.
need
UK /niːd/ US /nid/
verb 5noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A requirement for something; something needed.
There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.
She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.
2
Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Famine is in thy cheeks; Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes.
verb
1
To have an absolute requirement for.
Living things need water to survive.
You do not always need to go to the library to study. You may use the Internet.
2
To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
3
To be obliged or required (to do something).
I need not go if I don't want to, need I?
I was wondering if I need fill in more forms. - No, that's the only one you need fill out.
4
To be required; to be necessary.
When we have done it, we have done our duty, and all that is in our power, and indeed all that needs.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
5
To be necessary (to someone).
More ample spirit, then hitherto was wount, / Here needes me […]
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