English Dictionary: help | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for help | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Help \Help\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helped}(Obs. imp. {Holp}, p. p. {Holpen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Helping}.] [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hj[be]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, [bd]Help me scale yon balcony.[b8] --Longfellow. 2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. [bd]God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk![b8] --Shak. 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. [bd]To help him of his blindness.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Help \Help\, v. i. To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist. A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person. --Garth. {To help out}, to lend aid; to bring a supply. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Help \Help\, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. h[81]lfe, hilfe, Icel. hj[be]lp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See {Help}, v. t.] 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. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. --Ps. lx. 11. God is . . . a very present help in trouble. --Ps. xlvi. 1. Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. --South. 2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it. 3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business. 4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
HELP 1. robots. 2. (Help Est un Lisp Paresseux - Help Is a Lazy Lisp). A {lazy} version of {Scheme} with strictness {annotation}s, by Thomas Schiex |