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English

{{rank|whether|city|held|341|help|number|alone|body}}

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /hɛlp/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-help.ogg


Etymology 1

From .

Noun

  1. Action given to provide assistance; aid.
  2. : I need some help with my homework.
  3. A person or persons who provide assistance with some task.
  4. : He was a great help to me when I was moving house.
  5. A person employed to help in the maintenance of a house.
  6. : The help is coming round this morning to clean.


Synonyms


Derived terms


Translations
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|nápověda|f}}

Etymology 2

Verb

{{en-verb|helps|helping|helped or (archaic) holp|helped or (archaic) holpen}}

  1. To provide assistance to (someone or something).
  2. : He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
  3. To contribute in some way to.
  4. : The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
  5. To provide assistance.
  6. : She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.
  7. To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in the negative with can.
  8. : We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.
  9. : We couldn’t help but notice that you were late.
  10. : She’s trying not to smile, but she can’t help herself.


Usage notes


Synonyms


Derived terms


Translations
  • Romanian:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|помогать|pomogát’|sc=Cyrl}} , {{t+|ru|помочь|pomóč|sc=Cyrl}}
  • French:
  • Italian:
  • Romanian: ,
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|помогать|pomogát’|sc=Cyrl}} , {{t+|ru|помочь|pomóč|sc=Cyrl}}

Interjection

  1. I/we desperately need assistance!
  2. : Help! We're under attack!


Synonyms
  • mayday! (used by vessels and aircraft)


Translations

Category:English control verbs Category:English words with positive connotations

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Dutch

Verb

help

  1. {{form of|The first-person singular present tense|helpen#Dutch|helpen|lang=Dutch}}
  2. {{form of|The imperative form|helpen#Dutch|helpen|lang=Dutch}}


Category:Dutch verb forms

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Old English

Etymology

Common *

Noun

{{infl|ang|noun|g=f}}

  1. help#English|help


Category:200 English basic words Category:Phrasebook

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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God is . . . a very present help in trouble. --Ps.
xlvi. 1.
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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]
WordNet help
n 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" [syn: aid, assist, assistance]
2: a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance
to depressed areas" [syn: aid, assistance]
3: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
[syn: avail, service]
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" [syn: assistant, helper, supporter]
v 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" [syn: assist,
aid]
2: be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: facilitate]
3: improve the condition of; "These pills will help the
patient" [syn: aid]
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" [syn: help oneself]
5: contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the
development of literacy in developing countries"
6: improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help
the old living room furniture"
7: help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him
three times, and after that he helped himself" [syn: serve]
8: take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office
supplies" [syn: avail]
Moby Dictionary
Samaritan , 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 Samaritan ,
good offices , good person , 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 , 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


FOLDOC HELP

1. DEA. A Language for industrial
robots.

2. (Help Est un Lisp Paresseux - Help Is a Lazy Lisp). A
lazy version of Scheme with strictness annotations, by
Thomas Schiex .


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