'Help' definitions:
Definition of 'help'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help]
noun
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" [syn: assistant, helper, help, supporter]
noun
A resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: aid, assistance, help]
noun
verb
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" [syn: help, assist, aid]
verb
Improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" [syn: help, aid]
verb
Be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: help, facilitate]
verb
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" [syn: help oneself, help]
verb
Help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself" [syn: serve, help]
verb
Contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
verb
Take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" [syn: avail, help]
verb
Improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
Definition of 'Help'
From: GCIDE
- Help \Help\ (h[e^]lp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helped (h[e^]lpt) (Obs. imp. Holp (h[=o]lp), p. p. Holpen (h[=o]l"p'n)); p. pr. & vb. n. Helping.] [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hj[=a]lpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.]
- 1. 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." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. "God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. "To help him of his blindness." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The true calamus helps coughs. --Gerarde. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To change for the better; to remedy. [1913 Webster]
- Cease to lament for what thou canst not help. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it? --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To forbear; to avoid. [1913 Webster]
- I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food. [1913 Webster]
- To help forward, to assist in advancing.
- To help off, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. --Locke.
- To help on, to forward; to promote by aid.
- To help out, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or to aid in completing a design or task. [1913 Webster]
- The god of learning and of light Would want a god himself to help him out. --Swift.
- To help over, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over an obstacle.
- To help to, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help one to soup.
- To help up, to help (one) to get up; to assist in rising, as after a fall, and the like. "A man is well holp up that trusts to you." --Shak.
- Syn: To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support; sustain; befriend.
- Usage: To Help, Aid, Assist. These words all agree in the idea of affording relief or support to a person under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and supposes co["o]peration on the part of him who is relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; I got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought. Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a person who "stands by" in order to relieve. It denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by the help of my friend. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Help'
From: GCIDE
- Help \Help\, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. h["u]lfe, hilfe, Icel. hj[=a]lp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See Help, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. --Ps. lx. 11. [1913 Webster]
- God is . . . a very present help in trouble. --Ps. xlvi. 1. [1913 Webster]
- Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Help'
From: GCIDE
- Help \Help\, v. i. To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist. [1913 Webster]
- A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person. --Garth. [1913 Webster]
- To help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'help'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abet,
- acolyte,
- adjutant,
- administer to,
- advance,
- advantage,
- advise,
- agent,
- aid,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- alimony,
- alleviate,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- alterative,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- analeptic,
- ancilla,
- annuity,
- antepast,
- anticipate,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assist,
- assistance,
- assistant,
- assistants,
- assister,
- attend,
- attend on,
- attendant,
- auxiliary,
- avail,
- avert,
- avoid,
- back,
- backer,
- bail out,
- balm,
- balsam,
- bar,
- bear a hand,
- befriend,
- befriender,
- benefactor,
- benefactress,
- benefit,
- benefiter,
- best man,
- better,
- bolster,
- boost,
- bounty,
- break no bones,
- care for,
- champion,
- chore,
- clear the way,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- comfort,
- commandeer,
- confer a benefit,
- cooperation,
- corrective,
- course,
- cover,
- crew,
- cure,
- dance attendance upon,
- debar,
- deflect,
- depletion allowance,
- deputy,
- dessert,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dish,
- dishearten,
- do a favor,
- do a kindness,
- do for,
- do good,
- do no harm,
- do service to,
- doctor,
- dole,
- domestic,
- domestic servant,
- domestics,
- drudge,
- ease,
- employees,
- entree,
- entremets,
- escape,
- eschew,
- estop,
- exclude,
- executive officer,
- expedite,
- explain,
- expropriate,
- facilitate,
- favor,
- fellowship,
- fend,
- fend off,
- finance,
- financial assistance,
- forbear,
- forbid,
- force,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- forward,
- fund,
- further,
- gang,
- give a boost,
- give a hand,
- give a lift,
- give help,
- good offices,
- good person,
- good Samaritan,
- grant,
- grant-in-aid,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- guaranteed annual income,
- hand,
- hands,
- hasten,
- healing agent,
- healing quality,
- help along,
- help out,
- helper,
- helpers,
- helping,
- helping hand,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- hired help,
- improve,
- inform,
- jack-at-a-pinch,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- laborers,
- lackey,
- lend a hand,
- lend one aid,
- lieutenant,
- lift,
- look after,
- loose,
- lubricate,
- maid,
- make clear,
- make way for,
- meliorate,
- men,
- menial,
- minister to,
- ministering angel,
- ministrant,
- ministration,
- ministry,
- mitigate,
- nick,
- obviate,
- office,
- offices,
- oil,
- old-age insurance,
- open the way,
- open up,
- palliate,
- pander to,
- paranymph,
- paraprofessional,
- patron,
- pave the way,
- pay the bills,
- pecuniary aid,
- pension,
- pension off,
- personnel,
- pinch,
- pirate,
- place,
- plagiarize,
- plate,
- portion,
- preclude,
- prepare the way,
- prescription,
- prevent,
- price support,
- proffer aid,
- profit,
- prohibit,
- promote,
- protect,
- protection,
- public assistance,
- public welfare,
- purloin,
- quicken,
- rally,
- receipt,
- recipe,
- reclaim,
- redeem,
- refrain from,
- relief,
- relieve,
- remedial measure,
- remedy,
- remove friction,
- render a service,
- render assistance,
- repel,
- rescue,
- resist,
- restorative,
- restore,
- resuscitate,
- retinue,
- retirement benefits,
- revive,
- rule out,
- run interference for,
- Samaritan,
- save,
- scholarship,
- scullion,
- second,
- second helping,
- servant,
- servantry,
- servants,
- serve,
- service,
- serving,
- servitor,
- set up,
- sideman,
- simplify,
- slavey,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- sovereign remedy,
- specific,
- specific remedy,
- speed,
- staff,
- stand back of,
- stave off,
- stead,
- steal,
- stipend,
- stop,
- striker,
- subsidization,
- subsidize,
- subsidy,
- subvention,
- succor,
- succorer,
- support,
- supporter,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- take,
- take care of,
- take in tow,
- tax benefit,
- tend,
- the help,
- therapy,
- turn aside,
- turnspit,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- unjam,
- uphold,
- upon,
- use,
- usurp,
- valet,
- wait,
- wait on,
- ward off,
- welfare,
- welfare aid,
- welfare payments,
- work for,
- workers