Definition of help

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