helping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: helping	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for helping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
helping n an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" Synonym(s): helping, portion, serving
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]