meaning of help
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. 2.">"
2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
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.
4. To change for the better; to remedy.
5. To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
6. To forbear; to avoid.
7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
8. To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
9. 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.
10. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
11. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
12. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
13. 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
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