Definitions of Help [ɛlp]

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Definition of 'Help'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) help
to save; rescue; succor:
Help me, I'm falling!

2.  help
to contribute to; facilitate or promote:
to help desegregation.

3.  help
to be useful or profitable to:
Your knowledge of languages will help you in your career.

4.  help
to refrain from; avoid (usu. prec. by can or cannot):
I can't help teasing him about it.

5.  help
to prevent or stop (usu. prec. by can or cannot):
The disagreement could not be helped.

6.  help
to make less unpleasant or monotonous; improve:
A new rug might help the room.

7.  help
to relieve (someone) in need, sickness, pain, or distress:
to help the poor.

8.  help
to alleviate; remedy:
Nothing seems to help my headache.

9.  help
to serve food or drink to:
Help her to salad.

10.  help
to serve or wait on (a customer), as in a store.

11. (v.i.) help
to give aid; be of service or advantage:
Every little bit helps.

12.  help
help out, to assist, as during a time of need.

13. (n.) help
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.

14.  help
a person or thing that helps:
You were a tremendous help after the fire.

15.  help
a hired helper; employee.

16.  help
a body of such helpers.

17.  help
a domestic servant or a farm laborer.

18.  help
means of remedying, stopping, or preventing:
There is no help for it now.

19.  help
Older Use.

20. (interj.) help
(used as an exclamation to call for assistance or to attract attention.)

21.  help
to serve oneself with:
Help yourself to the cake.

22.  help
to take or use without asking permission; appropriate.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE helpan, c. OS helpan, OHG helfan, ON hjalpa, Go hilpan)

Definition of 'Help'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) aid, assist, assistance, help
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
"he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

2. (noun) assistant, helper, help, supporter
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
"my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

3. (noun) aid, assistance, help
a resource
"visual aids in teaching"

4. (verb) avail, help, service
a means of serving
"of no avail"; "there's no help for it"

5. (verb) help, assist, aid
give help or assistance; be of service
"Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"

6. (verb) help, aid
improve the condition of
"These pills will help the patient"

7. (verb) help, facilitate
be of use
"This will help to prevent accidents"

8. (verb) help oneself, help
abstain from doing; always used with a negative
"I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle"

9. (verb) serve, help
help to some food; help with food or drink
"I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"

10. (verb) help
contribute to the furtherance of
"This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"

11. (verb) avail, help
take or use
"She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

12. (verb) help
improve; change for the better
"New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"

Definition of 'Help'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) help
to do or provide sth to make a situation easier
Could someone help me carry this?; Friends helped with the cooking and cleaning.; resources that help us do our jobs better; I have given money to help the environment.

2.  help
can't/cannot help yourself
to be unable to stop doing sth
I just can't help myself - I love chocolate.

3.  help
help yourself
used to invite sb to take food or drink
Please help yourself to some pie.

4. (noun) help
the act of helping sb
Can I give you some help with that?; I need help finishing my project.; She received/got help from her grandparents.

5.  help
sth that helps sb
He needs medical help.; The information he gave me was no help at all.

6.  help
a big help
a button on a computer screen where information is provided about the website, software etc.
Try clicking on Help.

Definition of 'Help'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Help
to furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony."

2. (verb) Help
to furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison

3. (verb) Help
to furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object

4. (verb) Help
to change for the better; to remedy

5. (verb) Help
to prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?

6. (verb) Help
to forbear; to avoid

7. (verb) Help
to wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food

8. (verb) Help
to lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist

9. (verb) Help
strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars

10. (verb) Help
remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it

11. (verb) Help
a helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business

12. (verb) Help
specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman

Translation of 'Help'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.
Afrikaans: help	Arabic: يُساعِد	Bulgarian: помагам на
Brazilian: ajudar	Czech: pomoci	German: helfen
Danish: hjælpe	Greek: βοηθώ	Spanish: ayudar
Estonian: aitama	Farsi: كمك كردن	Finnish: auttaa
French: aider	Hebrew: לַעֲזוֹר	Hindi: सहायता करना
Croatian: pomoci	Hungarian: segít	Indonesian: membantu
Icelandic: hjálpa	Italian: aiutare	Japanese: 助ける
Korean: 거들다	Lithuanian: padėti	Latvian: palīdzēt
Malay: membantu	Dutch: helpen, bijstaan, hulp ve	Norwegian: hjelpe, bistå, assistere
Polish: pomagać	Persian: كمك كردن	Pashto: مرسته كول ، كومك كول كومك
Portuguese: ajudar	Romanian: a ajuta	Russian: помогать
Slovak: pomôcť, pomáhať	Slovenian: pomagati	Serbian: pomoći
Swedish: hjälpa [till]	Thai: ช่วย	Turkish: yardım etmek
Taiwanese: 幫助	Ukrainian: допомагати	Urdu: ضرورت پوری کرنا، مدد کرنا
Vietnamese: giúp đỡ	Chinese: 帮助
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