help
Cross references:
1. improve
1. help \'help, South also 'hep\ vb [ME helpen, fr. OE helpan; akin to OHG
helfan to help, Lith (Xshachek>elpti 1: to give assistance to : AID 2a:
REMEDY, RELIEVE archaic 2b: RESCUE, SAVE 2c: to get (oneself) out of a
difficulty 3a: to be of use to : BENEFIT 3b: to further the advancement
of : PROMOTE 4a: to change for the better : MEND 4b: to refrain from
{couldn't ~ laughing} 4c: to keep from occurring : PREVENT 5: to serve
with food or drink esp. at a meal 6: to appropriate for the use of
(oneself) : to be of use or benefit {every little bit ~s} accomplish an
end, HELP carries a strong implication of advance toward an objective; AID
suggests the evident need of help or relief and so imputes weakness to the
one aided and strength to the one aiding; ASSIST suggests a secondary role
in the assistant or a subordinate character in the assistance : cannot but
: I swear it - cannot help but SYN syn HELP, AID, ASSIST mean to supply
what is needed to
2. help n 1: AID, ASSISTANCE 2: a source of aid 3: REMEDY, RELIEF 4a:
one who is in the service of or who assists another : HELPER 4b: the
services of a paid worker 5: HELPING