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Definitions of 'Help' 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"


Definitions of 'Help' Webster 1913 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


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