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What is the adjective form of help?
helpful
What is the correct adjective form of help?
helpful 
What is the noun of helpless?
The noun form of the adjective ‘helpless’ is helplessness.The word ‘helpless’ is the adjective form of the noun help.
What is the noun for helpful?
The noun form of the adjective ‘helpful’ is helpfulness.The word ‘helpful’ is the adjective form of the noun help.
Is friendly a verb?
No, is the word ‘friendly’ is an adjective or an adverb.Examples:He seems like a friendly dog. (adjective)They friendly offered their help. (adverb)
помощь, помощник, подсказка, подмога, помогать, способствовать
существительное ↓
- помощь
- помощник
you were a great help to me — вы мне очень помогли 
- преим. амер. работник (на ферме); слуга; прислуга, домашняя работница
home help — домработница
lady help — прислуга, часто на положении члена семьи
mother’s help — домашняя работница; няня; прислуга за всё
it’s difficult to get help these days — в наше время очень трудно найти помощника по хозяйству
- собир. работники, служащие
- средство, спасение
the medicine was a help — лекарство подействовало /помогло/
there’s no help for it — тут ничего не поделаешь
a situation for which there was no help — положение, из которого не было выхода
the poor woman was beyond /past/ help — бедной женщине уже ничто не могло помочь
- разг. см. helping
- вчт. подсказка, диалоговая документация
глагол ↓
- помогать, оказывать помощь
- способствовать, содействовать
to help towards the attainment of an end — способствовать достижению цели
to help matters, we had a puncture — ирон. для полного счастья /в довершение всего/, у нас случился прокол
that helped his ruin — это способствовало его разорению
that doesn’t help the situation — это делу не поможет
- обслуживать (за столом); подавать (кушанье)
to help the soup — подавать суп
I want a spoon to help the gravy with — мне нужна ложка, чтобы разлить соус
- облегчать (боль, страдание и т. п.)
to help a cough — смягчить кашель; вылечивать кашель
remedies to help a cold — средства от простуды
aspirin helps a headache — аспирин помогает при головной боли
- to help smb. to smth. угощать кого-л. чем-л.
I helped the boy to more meat — я положила мальчику ещё мяса
may I help you to some more wine? — можно налить вам ещё вина?
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there’s no help for it — тут ничего не поделаешь
to call for help — взывать о помощи
to deny smb. help / to deny help to smb. — отказывать кому-л. в помощи
to be generous in giving help — быть всегда готовым помочь
help yourself — угощайтесь
big / great help — огромная помощь
domestic / home help — помощь по дому
to give / offer / provide help — помогать
to call for / seek help — искать, просить помощи
the hired help — наёмные работники
Примеры с переводом
Can’t help it.
Ничего не могу поделать.
I could not help laughing.
Я не мог удержаться от смеха.
Help her off the train.
Помоги ей сойти с поезда.
Help him out of the car.
Помоги ему выйти из машины.
Crying won’t help.
Плач не поможет. / Слёзы не помогут.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
Я не мог не смеяться.
Help them into the house.
Проводи их в дом.
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Фразовые глаголы
help along — способствовать, помогать продвигаться, развиваться, оказывать содействие
help down — помочь сойти
help forward — помогать продвигаться, развиваться, способствовать, содействовать
help in — помочь войти
help off — помочь снять, помочь отделаться от
help on — помогать, продвигать
help out — выручить, помочь выйти, выводить из затруднения, помочь в затруднении, класть
help over — выручить, помочь в затруднении
help up — помочь встать, помочь подняться
Возможные однокоренные слова
helper — помощник, подручный, подсобный рабочий, вспомогательный паровоз
helpful — полезный
helping — помощь, порция, помогающий
helpless — беспомощный, беззащитный, неумелый
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: help
he/she/it: helps
ing ф. (present participle): helping
2-я ф. (past tense): helped
3-я ф. (past participle): helped
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verb (used with object)
to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
to save; rescue; succor: Help me, I’m falling!
to make easier or less difficult; contribute to; facilitate: The exercise of restraint is certain to help the achievement of peace.
to be useful or profitable to: Her quick mind helped her career.
to refrain from; avoid (usually preceded by can or cannot): He can’t help doing it.
to relieve or break the uniformity of: Small patches of bright color can help an otherwise dull interior.
to relieve (someone) in need, sickness, pain, or distress.
to remedy, stop, or prevent: Nothing will help my headache.
to serve food to at table (usually followed by to): Help her to salad.
to serve or wait on (a customer), as in a store.
verb (used without object)
to give aid; be of service or advantage: Every little bit helps.
noun
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
a person or thing that helps: She certainly is a help in an emergency.
a domestic servant or a farm laborer.
means of remedying, stopping, or preventing: The thing is done, and there is no help for it now.
interjection
(used as an exclamation to call for assistance or to attract attention.)
Verb Phrases
help out, to assist in an effort; be of aid to: Her relatives helped out when she became ill.
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Idioms about help
- to serve oneself; take a portion of: Help yourself to the cake.
- to take or use without asking permission; appropriate: They helped themselves to the farmer’s apples. Help yourself to any of the books we’re giving away.
cannot / can’t help but, to be unable to refrain from or avoid; be obliged to: Still, you can’t help but admire her.
help oneself to,
so help me, (used as a mild form of the oath “so help me God”) I am speaking the truth; on my honor: That’s exactly what happened, so help me.
Origin of help
First recorded before 900; Middle English helpen, Old English helpan; cognate with German helfen
synonym study for help
1. Help, aid, assist, succor agree in the idea of furnishing another with something needed, especially when the need comes at a particular time. Help implies furnishing anything that furthers one’s efforts or relieves one’s wants or necessities. Aid and assist, somewhat more formal, imply especially a furthering or seconding of another’s efforts. Aid implies a more active helping; assist implies less need and less help. To succor, still more formal and literary, is to give timely help and relief in difficulty or distress: Succor him in his hour of need.
usage note for help
21. Cannot/can’t help but has been condemned by some as the ungrammatical version of cannot/can’t help followed by the present participle: You can’t help but admire her. You can’t help admiring her. However, the idiom Cannot/can’t help but is so common in all types of speech and writing that it must be characterized as standard.
OTHER WORDS FROM help
help·a·ble, adjectiveun·der·help, nounun·help·a·ble, adjectiveun·helped, adjective
well-helped, adjective
Words nearby help
Héloïse, helophyte, Helot, helotism, helotry, help, helper, helper T cell, helpful, helping, helping hand
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Words related to help
advice, aid, benefit, comfort, cooperation, guidance, hand, service, support, use, worker, back, bolster, boost, cooperate, encourage, further, maintain, promote, push
How to use help in a sentence
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In that situation, had there been a number to call to get the help of social workers, the result might have been different, according to Schwartz.
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Don’t try to fix a ballot with tape or correction fluid if you mess up, and don’t be embarrassed to ask for help.
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Eighty-five percent of restaurants will probably close if we don’t get some help from the government.
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The legislation offered limited help to tenants of the Galleria.
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That strategy has been used in some cases to help determine GMO policy.
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In the end, the clarity that comes from moments of horror can help us recommit to deeper principles.
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Sadly, it appears the American press often doesn’t need any outside help when it comes to censoring themselves.
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A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.
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Finding the common bonds that help us realize that we have far more in common than that which separates us.
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And to tell the truth, she couldn’t help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
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Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
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In fact, except for Ramona’s help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.
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Terror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can’t help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
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There is always in the background of my mind dread lest help should reach the enemy before we have done with Sedd-el-Bahr.
British Dictionary definitions for help
verb
to assist or aid (someone to do something), esp by sharing the work, cost, or burden of somethinghe helped his friend to escape; she helped him climb out of the boat
to alleviate the burden of (someone else) by giving assistance
(tr) to assist (a person) to go in a specified directionhelp the old lady up from the chair
to promote or contribute toto help the relief operations
to cause improvement in (a situation, person, etc)crying won’t help
(tr; preceded by can, could, etc; usually used with a negative)
- to avoid or refrain fromwe can’t help wondering who he is
- (usually foll by it) to prevent or be responsible forI can’t help it if it rains
to alleviate (an illness, etc)
(tr) to serve (a customer)can I help you, madam?
(tr foll by to)
- to serve (someone with food, etc) (usually in the phrase help oneself)may I help you to some more vegetables?; help yourself to peas
- to provide (oneself with) without permissionhe’s been helping himself to money out of the petty cash
cannot help but to be unable to do anything else exceptI cannot help but laugh
help a person off with to assist a person in the removal of (clothes)
help a person on with to assist a person in the putting on of (clothes)
so help me
- on my honour
- no matter whatso help me, I’ll get revenge
noun
the act of helping, or being helped, or a person or thing that helpsshe’s a great help
a helping
- a person hired for a job; employee, esp a farm worker or domestic servant
- (functioning as singular) several employees collectively
a means of remedythere’s no help for it
interjection
used to ask for assistance
Derived forms of help
helpable, adjectivehelper, noun
Word Origin for help
Old English helpan; related to Old Norse hjalpa, Gothic hilpan, Old High German helfan
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Other Idioms and Phrases with help
In addition to the idioms beginning with help
- helping hand
- help oneself
- help out
also see:
- can’t help but
- every little bit helps
- not if one can help it
- so help me
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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