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help
1. n помощь
2. n помощник
3. n преим. амер. работник; слуга; прислуга, домашняя работница
4. n собир. работники, служащие
5. n средство, спасение
6. n разг. вчт. подсказка, диалоговая документация
7. v помогать, оказывать помощь
help! — помогите!; на помощь!
8. v способствовать, содействовать
help on — способствовать, содействовать, помогать
help forward — способствовать, содействовать; продвигать
Синонимический ряд:
1. assistance (noun) advice; aid; assist; assistance; backing; comfort; guidance; hand; lift; relief; secours; service; succor; succour; support
2. helper (noun) ancilla; assistant; attendant; helper; striker
4. aid (verb) abet; aid; assist; back; befriend; benefact; cooperate; do for; encourage; help out; serve; stead; succor; support; uphold
6. ease (verb) ease; expedite; facilitate; foster; further; promote
8. relieve (verb) alleviate; ameliorate; amend; better; correct; cure; heal; improve; meliorate; relieve; remedy; restore; upgrade
Антонимический ряд:
annoy; arrest; attack; bother; check; clog; combat; contradict; contravene; counteract; discourage; embarrass; ensnare; frustrate; hamper; hinder; hindrance; worsen
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help
1) помощь; can I be of any help to you? могу я Вам чем-л. помочь?
2) средство, спасение; there’s no help for it этому нельзя помочь
3) помощник; Your advice was a great help Ваш совет мне очень помог
5) служанка, прислуга; mother’s help бонна
Syn:
aid, assistance, relief, service, support
Ant:
exacerbation, harm, hindrance
1) помогать; оказывать помощь, содействие; it can’t be helped
collocation
ничего не поделаешь, ничего не попишешь; can’t help it ничего не могу поделать
2) раздавать, угощать; передавать (за столом); help yourself берите, пожалуйста (сами), не церемоньтесь; may I help you to some meat? позвольте вам предложить мяса
3) (с модальным глаголом can, could) избежать, удержаться; she can’t help thinking of it она не может не думать об этом; I could not help laughing я не мог удержаться от смеха; я не мог не засмеяться; don’t be longer than you can help не оставайтесь дольше, чем надо
help down
help in
help into
help off
help on
help out
help over
help up
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2 (v) помогать; помочь
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1) помогать; помощь 2) работник, прислуга
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[ help]
помощь, подмога; помощник, прислуга, служанка; средство; спасение, подсказка
помогать, пособить, оказывать помощь, подсобить, способствовать; подсаживать; угощать; раздавать, передавать; удержаться, избежать
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вспомоществование
выручка
подсказка
помогать
помочь
помощник
помощь
пособие
работники
служащие
справочник
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1. сущ.
1) поддержка
2) спасение, средство, источник помощи
2. гл.
1) помогать, оказывать содействие (в чем-л. — in, with)
2) улучшать
3) содействовать, способствовать (успеху, прогрессу и т. п.)
Новый англо-русский словарь > help
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lady help
Новый англо-русский словарь > lady help
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To-infinitive after adjective or noun
1)
б)
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2)
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3)
4)
5)
6)
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— Употребление инфинитивного оборота после прилагательных в превосходной степени и слов см. Superlative degree: adjectives, 3.
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support
1. n поддержка, помощь
2. n опора, оплот
3. n кормилец
4. n средства к существованию
5. n финансовое обеспечение, содержание
6. n обеспечение
7. n воен. материально-техническое обеспечение
8. n театр. актёр или актриса на вторых или выходных ролях
9. n жив. основа, основание
10. n тех. кронштейн
11. n тех. штатив
12. n тех. горн. стойка
13. n тех. суппорт, держатель
14. n спорт. упор
15. n спорт. наплыв
16. n спорт. эк. закупка для поддержания цен, интервенционная скупка
17. v поддерживать, подпирать
18. v помогать, поддерживать; содержать
19. v воен. обеспечивать; обслуживать
20. v оказывать поддержку; придавать силы
21. v спорт. быть поклонником
22. v защищать; помогать, содействовать
23. v подтверждать, служить доказательством
24. v выдерживать, выносить, сносить
25. v театр. играть вторые роли, участвовать в эпизодах
26. v эк. поддерживать на определённом уровне
Синонимический ряд:
3. brace (noun) abutment; brace; buttress; column; crutch; foundation; mainstay; prop; shore; stay; strut; truss; underpinner; underpinning; underpropping
4. defense (noun) defense; evidence; justification; reasoning
5. help (noun) aid; assist; assistance; comfort; hand; help; lift; relief; secours; succour
6. living (noun) alimentation; alimony; bread; bread and butter; keep; livelihood; living; maintenance; provision; salt; subsistence; sustenance; upkeep
8. advocate (verb) advocate; back; defend; endorse; forward; further; get behind; plump for; side with; stand behind
9. bear (verb) abide; accept; bear; brook; digest; endure; go; go through; lump; put up with; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; swallow; sweat out; take; tolerate; undergo
10. bear up (verb) bear up; bolster; brace; buoy up; buttress; carry; prop; shore up; strengthen; sustain; underprop; upbear
12. help (verb) abet; aid; assist; help; relieve; succour
13. maintain (verb) buoy; keep; keep up; maintain; nourish; nurture; provide for
15. uphold (verb) backstop; hold; hold up; side; uphold
16. verify (verb) confirm; corroborate; establish; substantiate; verify
Антонимический ряд:
betray; block; check; circumvent; counteract; cripple; defeat; desert; destroy; disconcert; discontinue; discourage; dishearten; drop; neglect; oppose; opposition; succumb; superstructure; weaken
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use
1. n употребление, использование, применение
2. n цель, назначение
3. n польза, толк, выгода
4. n способность пользования
5. n право пользования
actual use — фактическое пользование; фактическое применение
6. n привычка, обыкновение
7. n церк. ритуал; чин
8. v употреблять, пользоваться, применять
9. v прибегать, пользоваться
10. v использовать в своих интересах
11. v потреблять, расходовать
use up — израсходовать, использовать
12. v тратить, проводить
they used thirty days in travelling about 1,000 miles — они потратили 30 дней, чтобы проехать 1000 миль
13. v обращаться, обходиться; относиться
14. v приучать
15. v амер. сл. употреблять наркотики, быть наркоманом
16. v диал. амер. часто посещать
Синонимический ряд:
1. account (noun) account; advantage; applicability; appropriateness; avail; benefit; fitness; relevance; serviceability; usefulness; utility
2. duty (noun) application; duty; function; goal; mark; object; objective; purpose; service; target
3. exercise (noun) appliance; consumption; employment; exercise; exercising; exertion; manipulation; operation; play; usance; utilisation; utilization
4. habit (noun) consuetude; custom; habit; habitude; manner; practice; praxis; trick; way; wont
8. consume (verb) consume; deplete; drain; exhaust; expend; spend; use up; waste
9. employ (verb) actuate; apply; bestow; employ; implement; make use of; practise; run; utilise; utilize; work
10. exercise (verb) exercise; manipulate; operate; practice; put to use; wield
11. exploit (verb) abuse; exploit; impose on; impose upon
12. habituate (verb) accustom; familiarise; familiarize; habituate; inure; wont
13. speak (verb) converse in; parley; speak; talk
14. treat (verb) act toward; behave toward; deal with; handle; manage; play; serve; take; treat
Антонимический ряд:
discard; disuse; ignore; suspend
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aid
1. n помощь; содействие; поддержка
2. n спец. протез, аппарат
3. n вспомогательные средства, пособия
4. n воен. проф. вспомогательные войска
5. n юр. содействие
6. n ист. дань вассала своему феодалу
7. n ист. денежная субсидия королю
8. n ист. заём в казначействе
9. n ист. ист. сборы, налоги, пошлины
10. v помогать, оказывать помощь, поддержку
first aid — первая помощь; скорая помощь
11. v содействовать прогрессу, способствовать развитию; облегчать; ускорять
Синонимический ряд:
1. assistant (noun) acolyte; aide; aide-de-camp; ancilla; assistant; attendant; coadjutant; coadjutor; colleague; helper; helpmate; lieutenant; servant; striker; supporter
2. financial assistance (noun) backing; charity; dole; financial assistance; handout; pension; subsidy; welfare
3. help (noun) assist; assistance; avail; benefit; comfort; furtherance; hand; help; lift; relief; secours; service; succor; succour; support
4. assist (verb) abet; assist; back; benefact; do for; favor; favour; foster; help; help out; nourish; stead; succor; sustain; uphold
5. ease (verb) accelerate; bolster; ease; encourage; facilitate; offer succor; pave the way; promote; simplify
Антонимический ряд:
counteract; deter; discourage; hinder; hindrance; impede; injure; obstacle; obstruct; obstruction; oppose; thwart
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hand
1. n рука, кисть руки
2. n лапа, передняя нога
3. n клешня
4. n указатель
5. n сторона, направление, положение
6. n источник
7. n стрелка
8. n крыло
9. n ком. пучок, связка
10. n ком. окорок
11. n ком. повод, поводья, узда
ладонь, хенд
12. n ком. фактура
13. a ручной
14. a сделанный вручную, ручным способом
15. a переносный
16. a наручный, для ношения на руке
17. a вручную
18. v передавать; вручать
hand on — передавать дальше; пересылать
19. v дотрагиваться, касаться
20. v провести за руку; помочь
21. v разг. отдавать должное
you have to hand it to him, he could work — надо отдать ему должное, работать он умел; чего-чего, а умения работать у него не отнимешь
hand back — возвращать, отдавать в руки
22. v признать себя побеждённым, уступить
23. v мор. убрать
Синонимический ряд:
2. fist (noun) duke; fingers; fist; grasp; grip; hold; hook; palm; paw
4. handwriting (noun) calligraphy; chirography; ductus; handwriting; penmanship; script; writing
5. help (noun) aid; assist; assistance; comfort; guidance; help; instruction; lift; relief; secours; succor; succour; support
6. side (noun) angle; aspect; facet; flank; phase; respect; side
8. workman (noun) employee; helper; hired hand; laborer; labourer; operative; roustabout; worker; workhand; workingman; workman; workpeople
9. deliver (verb) assign; bequeath; deliver; give to; hand on; return; transfer
10. give (verb) dish out; dispense; feed; find; furnish; give; hand over; provide; supply; turn over
11. pass (verb) buck; convey; pass; reach; send; transmit
Антонимический ряд:
derision; hindrance
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lift
1. n поднятие, подъём
2. n подъём, воодушевление
3. n тех. движение вверх; ход вверх
4. n повышение, продвижение
5. n возвышенность, высокое место
6. n разг. кража
7. n подъёмник, лифт; подъёмная машина
8. n стр. клетка подъёмника
9. n физ. подъёмная сила
10. n воен. перенос огня
11. n подъём партнёрши
12. n посыл мяча в воздух
13. n поддержка
14. n преим. воен. воздушный мост
15. n гидр. водяной столб; высота напора; высота всасывания
16. v возвышать, поднимать
17. v воодушевлять, поднимать настроение
18. v редк. давать повышение
19. v подниматься на волнах
20. v подниматься, исчезать
21. v рассеиваться, проходить
22. v амер. временно прекращаться
23. v вздуваться, коробиться
24. v снимать
25. v отменять, снимать
26. v копать; снимать урожай
27. v разг. красть, уносить незаметно
28. v разг. совершать плагиат
29. v разг. изымать
30. v разг. делать пластическую операцию подтягивания кожи
31. v разг. амер. ликвидировать задолженность
to lift a mortgage — выкупить посылать мяч в воздух; поднимать мяч с грунта
32. v разг. воен. переносить огонь
33. v разг. горн. подрывать
Синонимический ряд:
5. help (noun) aid; assist; assistance; comfort; hand; help; relief; secours; succor; support
6. inspiration (noun) animation; elation; exaltation; exhilaration; inspiration; uplift
8. theft (noun) larceny; pinch; purloining; steal; stealage; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving
11. cheer (verb) animate; buoy; cheer; elate; exhilarate; inspire; inspirit; perk up
14. elevate (verb) boost; elevate; heave; hoist; hold up; pick up; raise; rear; take up; uphold; uplift; upraise
15. revoke (verb) cancel; dismantle; recall; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; withdraw
16. rise (verb) arise; ascend; aspire; mount; rise; soar; up; uprear
17. steal (verb) abstract; annex; appropriate; cabbage; collar; cop; filch; hook; nab; nim; nip; pilfer; pillage; pinch; pocket; purloin; smouch; snitch; steal; swipe; thieve; vulture
Антонимический ряд:
crush; dash; debase; decline; degrade; depress; drop; hurl; invoke; letdown; lower; overwhelm; return; settle; sink
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relief
1. n облегчение, утешение
2. n снижение; смягчение
3. n разнообразие, перемена; контраст
4. n помощь
5. n пособие
outdoor relief — пособия неимущим, живущим самостоятельно
6. n подкрепление, выручка; помощь
relief party — отряд, пришедший на выручку; спасательная партия
7. n воен. снятие осады; действие по деблокировке
8. n смена дежурных, караульных; освобождение от дежурства или обязанностей
9. n смена, дежурный или дежурные, заступающие на пост
10. n юр. освобождение
11. n ист. платёж нового арендатора помещику при переходе к нему прав наследственной аренды
12. n геогр. рельеф, характер местности
13. n чёткость, отчётливость; контраст
14. n выделение, подчёркивание
15. n тех. задний угол заточки
Синонимический ряд:
1. assistance (noun) allayment; alleviation; assistance; assuagement; dole; easement; handout; mitigation; redress; remission; welfare
3. contour (noun) configuration; contour; embossment; frieze; intaglio; projection
4. help (noun) aid; assist; hand; help; lift; maintenance; secours; succor; succour; support
6. satisfaction (noun) cheer; comfort; contentment; ease; relaxation; release; satisfaction
Антонимический ряд:
aggravation; burden; disapproval; discomfort; discouragement; exhaustion; hindrance; impediment; incubus; intensity; interference; obstruction; oppression; restriction
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comfort
1. n утешение, поддержка
2. n успокоение, покой; отдых
3. n комфорт, уют; благополучие, хорошие условия
4. n обыкн. удобства
5. n амер. стёганое одеяло
6. v утешать, успокаивать
Синонимический ряд:
1. calm (noun) calm; leisure; peace; quiet; repose; rest; serenity; tranquility; tranquillity
2. consolation (noun) compassion; condolence; consolation; encouragement; satisfaction; solace; succour; upraise
3. ease (noun) abundance; contentment; creature comforts; ease; luxury; opulence; plenty; prosperity; prosperousness; relaxation; sufficiency
5. help (noun) aid; assist; assistance; hand; help; lift; relief; secours; succor; support
6. console (verb) buck up; calm; condole; console; grieve with; pacify; reassure; solace; soothe; succor; succour; upraise
7. relieve (verb) allay; alleviate; assuage; ease; lessen; lighten; mitigate; palliate; relieve
8. satisfy (verb) bolster; cheer; gratify; nourish; pamper; refresh; revitalise; revitalize; revive; satisfy
Антонимический ряд:
afflict; aggravate; agitate; annoy; bother; discomfort; discommode; discouragement; distress; incommode; irritate; irritation; poverty; provoke; sorrow; torment; torture; trouble
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appeal
1. n воззвание, обращение, призыв
2. n просьба, мольба
3. n привлекательность, притягательность, очарование
sex appeal — сексапильность, сексуальная привлекательность
4. n юр. обжалование, жалоба; апелляция
5. n юр. юр. право апелляции
6. n юр. спорт. апелляция к судье
7. n юр. редк. применение, употребление
8. v апеллировать, взывать; обращаться с призывом
9. v просить, молить, умолять
10. v привлекать, интересовать; волновать, трогать
11. v ссылаться; аргументировать
12. v юр. обжаловать, апеллировать, подавать апелляционную жалобу
13. v прибегать
Синонимический ряд:
1. application (noun) application; claim; counterclaim; legal recourse; motion; request; solicitation
2. attraction (noun) allure; allurement; attraction; attractiveness; charisma; charm; draw; drawing power; enchantment; fascination; glamour; interest; lure; magnetism; pull; seduction; seductiveness; witchcraft; witchery
4. entreaty (noun) bid; entreaty; imploration; importunity; imprecation; invocation; orison; petition; prayer; suit; supplication
5. appeal to (verb) appeal to; engage; entice; excite; interest; intrigue; invite; tempt
6. apply (verb) address; apply; approach; contest; motion; reopen; resort; retry; review; sue
7. beg (verb) adjure; ask; beg; beseech; brace; conjure; crave; entreat; implore; importune; invoke; plead; plead with; pray; request; supplicate
9. pull (verb) allure; attract; draw; fascinate; lure; magnetise; pull
Антонимический ряд:
demand; deny; deprecate; disavow; disclaim; disgust; protest; recall; refuse; renounce; repulsion
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cure
1. n лекарство, средство
2. n лечение; курс лечения
3. n излечение
4. n церк. приход; паства
5. n церк. попечение
6. n спец. вулканизация
7. n спец. отверждение
8. n спец. выдержка
9. v вылечивать, излечивать, исцелять
10. v вылечиться, излечиться, исцелиться
11. v заготовлять впрок; консервировать; солить, сушить, вялить
12. v спец. вулканизировать
13. v спец. отверждать
14. v спец. выдерживать
15. n сл. странный тип, чудак
16. n церк. кюре
Синонимический ряд:
1. help (noun) aid; assistance; counteractive; help; redress; relief; reparation
2. remedy (noun) antidote; corrective; counteractant; counteragent; countermeasure; counterstep; curative; medicament; medicant; medication; medicine; nostrum; panacea; pharmacon; physic; remedy; restorative; specific; therapeutic
3. dry (verb) dry; keep; pickle; preserve; salt; smoke
4. medicate (verb) attend; doctor; dose; drug; medicate; minister to; nurse; physic; treat
5. remedy (verb) correct; heal; help; make well; rectify; relieve; remedy; repair; restore; right
Антонимический ряд:
complaint; confirmation; contagion; corruption; disease; harm
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assistance
1. n помощь, содействие
2. n вспомоществование, пособие
Синонимический ряд:
1. aid (noun) aid; avail; benefit; compensation; facilitation; furtherance; service; utility
2. alms (noun) alms; charity; contribution; relief; subsidy; support
3. help (noun) assist; comfort; hand; help; lift; secours; succor; succour
Антонимический ряд:
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backing
1. n поддержка; одобрение; подкрепление
2. n собир. сторонники
3. n укрепление, закрепление
4. n опора, подпорка
5. n тех. вкладыш подшипника; опора
6. n муз. сопровождение солиста, аккомпанемент
7. n субсидирование; финансирование
8. n фин. покрытие, обеспечение
backing of gold, gold backing — покрытие золотом, золотое обеспечение
9. n обратная сторона, оборот; изнанка
10. n подкладка
11. n спинка
12. n кино задник
13. n отступление; попятное движение, обратный ход, задний ход
14. n тех. реверсирование; движение в обратную сторону
15. n объездка лошади
16. n посадка на лошадь
17. n полигр. печатание на оборотной стороне листа
18. n полигр. кругление корешка книжного блока
19. n полигр. редк. замедление, задержка, запаздывание
Синонимический ряд:
1. help (noun) abetting; aid; assistance; encouragement; help; relief; subsidy; support
2. patronage (noun) aegis; auspices; patronage; patronisation; sponsorship
3. security (noun) assurance; collateral; guaranty; insurance; protection; security; surety
4. backing (verb) attesting; authenticating; backing; bear out; confirming; corroborating; justifying; substantiating; testifying; validating; verifying; warranting
8. receding (verb) backtracking; fall back; falling back; receding; retracting; retreating; retroceding; retrograding; retrogressing
9. supporting (verb) advocating; championing; get behind; plump for; side with; siding with; stand behind; supporting; upholding
English-Russian base dictionary > backing
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succor
помощь; приходить на помощь
Синонимический ряд:
1. help (noun) aid; assist; assistance; comfort; hand; help; lift; relief; secours; strength; support; sustenance
2. assist (verb) assist; comfort; nurture; support; sustain
Антонимический ряд:
hindrance; negligence
English-Russian base dictionary > succor
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assist
1. n амер. разг. помощь
2. n тех. вспомогательный механизм
3. n спорт. результативная передача
4. v помогать, содействовать
5. v помогать, поддерживая
6. v принимать участие; ассистировать
7. v ирон. только присутствовать
Синонимический ряд:
1. help (noun) aid; assistance; comfort; hand; help; lift; relief; secours; succor; succour; support
2. aid (verb) abet; aid; attend; back; befriend; benefact; do for; favor; favour; foster; help; help out; maintain; nourish; promote; relieve; serve; stead; succor; support; sustain; uphold
Антонимический ряд:
counteract; hinder; impede; obstruct
English-Russian base dictionary > assist
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avail
1. n польза, выгода
2. n обыкн. амер. ком. вырученная от продажи сумма
3. v быть полезным, выгодным, пригодным; помогать
4. v дать, предоставить
Синонимический ряд:
1. help (noun) aid; assistance; furtherance; help; purpose; relief; succor; succour; support
2. use (noun) account; advantage; applicability; appropriateness; benefit; fitness; profit; relevance; service; serviceability; use; usefulness; utility
3. benefit (verb) advantage; benefit; profit; serve; work for
Антонимический ряд:
English-Russian base dictionary > avail
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corrective
1. n корректив, поправка, частичное исправление или изменение
2. n фарм. корригирующее средство, корригент
3. a исправительный
4. a фарм. корригирующий
Синонимический ряд:
1. effecting correction (adj.) curative; effecting correction; healing; optical; prescribed; reformatory; remedial; restorative
2. help (noun) aid; assistance; help; redress; relief; reparation
3. remedy (noun) antidote; counteractant; counteractive; counteragent; countermeasure; counterstep; curative; cure; remedy
English-Russian base dictionary > corrective
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counteractive
1. a противодействующий
2. a нейтрализующий
Синонимический ряд:
1. help (noun) aid; assistance; help; medicine; preventive; redress; relief; reparation
2. remedy (noun) antidote; corrective; counteractant; counteragent; countermeasure; counterstep; cure; remedy
English-Russian base dictionary > counteractive
an assistant to a bishop
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
someone who acts as an assistant
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment
an assistant to a dentist
an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
a wardrobe assistant for an actor
someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)
someone who makes progress easier
a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession
a female assistant who has a range of duties
one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
a person used by another to gain an end
an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)
someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
the most helpful assistant
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
(Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
an assistant who supplies drinking water
huntsman’s assistant in managing the hounds
one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
an attendant who takes care of baggage
an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
someone employed to carry luggage and run errands in a hotel
a person of low status
an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
an attendant who checks coats or baggage
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
an attendant at the court of a sovereign
the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman’s household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
someone who models dresses
a personal attendant of the British royal family
an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities
a close attendant (as to a scholar)
a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
a male subordinate
a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding
someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
in medieval times a youth acting as a knight’s attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
a model who poses for photographers
an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack
a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
someone who relieves a commander
someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments
a young nobleman attendant on a knight
a man who attends or escorts a woman
someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
an attendant on an airplane
one who helps carry a stretcher
a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity
one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion
(Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop
a regent’s deputy
someone who rouses others from sleep
someone employed to park and retrieve cars
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The word “help” can be used as a verb and as a noun.
Help
Synonyms: Abet, aid, assist, support
What Does “Help” Mean, and What Other Words Can I Use Instead?
| Definition | Example Sentence | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| (verb) to give assistance or support | My sister will help the children with their homework while I cook dinner. | abet, aid, assist, back, support |
| (verb) to improve/relieve, make pleasant or more bearable. | I was told to use a walking boot to help the pain. | alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe |
| (verb) to refrain from or keep from occurring | We couldn’t help but cry in a happy embrace when we first saw each other again. | refrain from, avoid, avert, prevent |
| (verb) to serve someone (with food or drink) or to take for oneself | We were told to help ourselves, so I grabbed all the snacks I could fit on my plate. | serve |
| (noun) a source of aid, remedy, or relief | The restaurant was busy, so I needed help from my coworker. | assistance, aid, support, guidance |
The word “help” is often used as a phrasal verb: help out.
He wanted to help out, but instead, he was making things more complicated.
How Else Can I Ask for “Help?”
Explicitly asking for help may seem daunting to some. Here are other ways to ask for help:
Could you give me a hand?
Do you mind lending me a hand?
I need some assistance.
Can you do me a favor and…?
I need a helping hand, please.
How Else Can the Word “Help” Be Used?
1) To say that someone is helpful is to say that they’re “giving or ready to give help.”
When I first transferred here from LSU, Jackson was extremely helpful in showing me around campus.
2) Helping is the gerund or present participle of the verb form of help.
He was helping her move in.
3) However, helping can also mean “a portion (usually of food) or allocation.”
She had two helpings of rice and beans.
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«Helps» is not commonly used as the plural form of help.
Places where we can use ‘helps’ is for 3rd person present tense.
Consider the following example:(taken from sentence.yourdictionary.com)
Howie is a very good guy who helps catch the bad ones.
Help can be used either as a verb or noun depending on the context, but not usually used as plural form.
There may be very few exceptions (source: Wiktionary)
help (usually uncountable, plural helps)
(usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
I’ve printed out a list of math helps.
Usage Notes:
The sense «people employed to help in the maintenance of a house» is usually an uncountable mass noun. A countable form — «a hired help», «two hired helps» — is attested, but now less common.
Hence except for study helps and house helps it is not used in other cases in general.