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Help   /hɛlp/   Listen
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verb
(past & past part. helped; obs. past holp, obs. past part. holpen; pres. part. helping)
1.
Give help or assistance; be of service.  Synonyms: aid, assist.  "Can you help me carry this table?" , "She never helps around the house"
2.
Improve the condition of.  Synonym: aid.
3.
Be of use.  Synonym: facilitate.
4.
Abstain from doing; always used with a negative.  Synonym: help oneself.  "She could not help watching the sad spectacle"
5.
Help to some food; help with food or drink.  Synonym: serve.
6.
Contribute to the furtherance of.
7.
Take or use.  Synonym: avail.
8.
Improve; change for the better.
noun
1.
The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.  Synonyms: aid, assist, assistance.  "Could not walk without assistance" , "Rescue party went to their aid" , "Offered his help in unloading"
2.
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.  Synonyms: assistant, helper, supporter.  "They hired additional help to finish the work"
3.
A resource.  Synonyms: aid, assistance.
4.
A means of serving.  Synonyms: avail, service.  "There's no help for it"



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"Help" Quotes from Famous Books



... greatly. I think we'll be back in less than a month. Keep out of mischief. And write to us as often as you can hear of a steamer that is sailing. If anything happens to you, cable. I'll arrange with Mr. Bruce, at the Embassy, to help you if you need him, but that ...
— The Boy Scout Aviators • George Durston
... not help flashing a look of thanks to Hagar when he stepped quickly between the Prince and the window and said in what she ...
— An Unpardonable Liar • Gilbert Parker
... give up his dream of an empire and leave the country with the French. He changed his mind a half-dozen times, but finally decided to stay, fancying that he could hold his throne with the aid of the loyal Mexicans. Carlotta, full of ambition, went to Europe and appealed for help to Napoleon. She told him very plainly what she thought of his actions; but it was all of no avail, and she left the palace almost broken-hearted. Soon after Maximilian received the distressing news that his wife had lost her reason through grief, and was quite insane. ...
— Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III • Charles Morris
... the morning of the 3d of August, he received a letter from him, saying that the French were in sight on the lake. But, as he was neither brave nor determined, he remained at Fort Edward, sending off message after message to New York, for help which could not possibly ...
— With Wolfe in Canada - The Winning of a Continent • G. A. Henty
... at all understand what this might mean; but turning to the servants already on the spot, he exclaimed, in a sharp tone, "Stand forward like men, you scoundrels!" and they, seeing some help at hand, advanced a little ...
— The King's Highway • G. P. R. James


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