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help
v. assist, aid; rescue; ease, relieve; improve, fix; avoid, refrain; serve, wait on
 
n. assistance, aid; hired laborer, domestic servant; group of servants or workers; means of fixing or changing something


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Help
Help is any form of assistance; propensity to help is known as helpfulness.Help may also refer to: In media:Help (TV series), a British television comedy seriesH.E.L.P. (TV Series), a US television drama seriesHelp (video), a documentary video by Ximena Cuevas"Help" (Buffy episode), a Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series episodeThe Help Album, a musical compilation album to benefit the War Child charity"Help" (song), a single by Lloyd Banks
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Help!
Help! is a collection of works by the rock band The Beatles:Help! (film), a 1965 film directed by Richard Lester"Help!" (song), the number one single and theme song of the filmHelp! (album), the 1965 Beatles album of which the first half is made up of songs from the film, including the song "Help!" Help! may also refer to:Help! (magazine), from the creator of Mad MagazineThe English title for an unrelated song called "An Mwé", from Kassav's 1989 album Majestik Zouk
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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) aid, assist, assistance
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) self-help
2. a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas"
(synonym) aid, assistance
(hypernym) resource
3. a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
(synonym) avail, service
(hypernym) helpfulness
4. 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"
(synonym) assistant, helper, supporter
(hypernym) worker
(hyponym) coadjutor
(derivation) assist, aid
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) assist, aid
(hypernym) support, back up
(hyponym) facilitate, ease, alleviate
(derivation) assistant, helper, supporter
2. be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents"
(synonym) facilitate
(hypernym) serve
(derivation) aid, assistance
3. improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
(synonym) aid
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) bring around, cure, heal
(derivation) aid, assistance
4. 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"
(synonym) help oneself
(hypernym) refrain, forbear
5. contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
(hypernym) promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
(derivation) assistant, helper, supporter
6. improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(derivation) aid, assistance
7. help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"
(synonym) serve
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(verb-group) serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish
(derivation) helping, portion, serving
8. take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
(synonym) avail
(hypernym) exploit, work


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help
interj. dear me!, oh my! (expression of surprise, concern or consternation)
 
helpen
v. help, aid, assist; relieve, ease; serve, wait on

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Help
(v. t.)
To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
  
 
(v. t.)
To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
  
 
(v. t.)
To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
  
 
(v. t.)
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."
  
 
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
To forbear; to avoid.
  
 
(v. t.)
To change for the better; to remedy.
  
 
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
  
 
(v. t.)
Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
  
 
(v. t.)
A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
  
 
(v. i.)
To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
  

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