HELP
\hˈɛlp], \hˈɛlp], \h_ˈɛ_l_p]\
Definitions of HELP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
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take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
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improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
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help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"
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contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
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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"
By Princeton University
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improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
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take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
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improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
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help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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."
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To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
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To change for the better; to remedy.
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To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
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To forbear; to avoid.
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To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
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To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
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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.
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Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
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A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
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Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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."
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To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
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To change for the better; to remedy.
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To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
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To forbear; to avoid.
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To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
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To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
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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.
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Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
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A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
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Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To give assistance to; aid; support; sustain; succor; relieve; avoid; prevent; distribute food to at table; remedy; cure.
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To lend aid; be available or useful.
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Assistance; aid; support; succor; relief; that which forwards or promotes; a portion of food served at a meal; a hired servant.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To support: to assist: to give means for doing anything: to remedy: to prevent.
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To give assistance: to contribute:-pa.p. helped'. (B.) holpen.
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Means or strength given to another for a purpose: assistance: relief: one who assists: a hired man or woman.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To aid; assist; relieve.
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To remedy.
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To wait upon, as at table.
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To refrain from.
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To lend assistance; be useful; portion out food at table.
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Helper.
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Assistance; aid; remedy; relief; rescue.
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A helper.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Aid; assistance; that which gives assistance; remedy; a hired servant. To help forward, to advance by assistance. To help on, to forward by aid. To help out, to aid in delivering from difficulty, or completing a design. To help over, to enable to surmount. To help off, to remove by help. To help to, to supply with.
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To aid; to assist; to lend strength or means toward effecting a purpose; to relieve; to remedy; to change for the better; to prevent; to forbear.
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To lend aid; to contribute.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To assist; to aid; to forward or promote; to avoid; to forbear; to lend aid; to prevent or hinder.
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Assistance; aid; relief; in Amer., a hired man or woman.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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