help

verb

1》 make it easier for (someone) to do something.

    ↘improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to.

    ↘support (someone) to allow them to move in a specified direction: I helped her up.

2》 (help someone to) serve someone with (food or drink).

    ↘(help oneself) take something without permission.

3》 (can/could not help) cannot or could not avoid.

    ↘(can/could not help oneself) cannot or could not stop oneself from acting in a certain way.

noun

1》 action or support that helps someone or something.

    ↘a source of such support.

2》 [as modifier] Computing giving assistance to a user in the form of displayed instructions: a help menu.

3》 a domestic servant or employee.

exclamation used as an appeal for urgent assistance.

Phrases

so help me (God) used to emphasize that one means what one is saying.

there is no help for it there is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation.

Derivatives

helper noun

Origin

OE helpan (v.), help (n.), of Gmc origin.