1. Give support or assistance
   "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house";
   - assist, aid
    
2. Be of use
   "This will help to prevent accidents";
   - facilitate
    
3. Improve the condition of
   "These pills will help the patient";
   - aid
    
4. Contribute to the furtherance of
   "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
    
5. Improve; change for the better
   "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
    
6. Give a portion of food or drink
   "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself";
   - serve
    
7. Take or use
   "She helped herself to some of the office supplies";
   - avail
    
8. Abstain from doing; always used with a negative
   "I can't help myself — I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle";
   - help oneself

1. The activity of contributing to the fulfilment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
   "offered his help in unloading";
   - aid, assist, assistance
    
2. A person who contributes to the fulfilment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
   "they hired additional help to finish the work";
   - assistant, helper, supporter, aid
    
3. A person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
   "The new software was a great help in organizing data";
   - aid, assistance
    
4. A means of serving
   "there's no help for it";
   - avail, service

Derived forms: helping, helps, helped

Type of: activity, advance, ameliorate, amend, back up, better, boost, cater, encourage, exploit, forbear, further, helpfulness, improve, meliorate, mend, promote, provide, put up, refrain, resource, serve, supply, support, work, worker

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