help

  • 41help — [[t]he̱lp[/t]] ♦ helps, helping, helped 1) VERB If you help someone, you make it easier for them to do something, for example by doing part of the work for them or by giving them advice or money. [V to inf/inf] He has helped to raise a lot of… …

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  • 42help — I n. 1) to give, offer, provide help 2) to call for, seek help 3) a big, great help (she was a big help to us) 4) domestic help 5) (BE) a home help 6) of help to (she was of great help to us) 7) (misc.) help wanted (as in a newspaper… …

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  • 43help — helpable, adj. /help/, v.t. 1. to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me …

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  • 44help — [[t]hɛlp[/t]] v. t. 1) to save; rescue; succor: Help me, I m falling![/ex] 2) to contribute to; facilitate or promote: to help desegregation[/ex] 3) to be useful or profitable to: Your knowledge of languages will help you in your career[/ex] 4)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 45help — [c]/hɛlp / (say help) verb (helped or, Archaic, holp, helped or, Archaic, holpen, helping) –verb (t) 1. to cooperate effectively with a person; aid; assist: to help a man in …

  • 46help — v. & n. v.tr. 1 provide (a person etc.) with the means towards what is needed or sought (helped me with my work; helped me (to) pay my debts). 2 (foll. by up, down, etc.) assist or give support to (a person) in moving etc. as specified (helped… …

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  • 47help — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. servant[s], staff, employees; aid, assistance, succor; relief, remedy. v. assist, serve, befriend; relieve, ameliorate, better. See aid, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Assistance] Syn. advice,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48help — {{11}}help (n.) O.E. help (m.), helpe (f.) assistance, succor; see HELP (Cf. help) (v.). Most Germanic languages also have the noun form, Cf. O.N. hjalp, Swed. hjälp, O.Fris. helpe, Du. hulp, O.H.G. helfa, Ger. Hilfe. Use of help as euphemism for …

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  • 49help — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English helpan; akin to Old High German helfan to help, and perhaps to Lithuanian šelpti Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to give assistance or support to < help a child with homework > 2. a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 50Help me — For other uses/instances of Help , see Help (disambiguation page) Help me may refer to: *Mayday (distress signal), the English pronunciation of the French phrase fr. venez m aider ( Come help me ) * Help Me (Joni Mitchell song), a 1974 song from&#8230; …

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