help

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
  2. Noun.  (singularonly) A person or persons who provide assistance with some task.
  3. Noun.  (countable) A person employed to help in the maintenance of a house.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable, euphemistic) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To provide assistance.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with ''can''.
  9. Interjection.  (rfd-redundant) I/we desperately need assistance!.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.