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Help Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | 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. | | 2. | to save; rescue; succor: Help me, I'm falling! | | 3. | to make easier or less difficult; contribute to; facilitate: The exercise of restraint is certain to help the achievement of peace. | | 4. | to be useful or profitable to: Her quick mind helped her career. | | 5. | to refrain from; avoid (usually prec. by can or cannot): He can't help doing it. | | 6. | to relieve or break the uniformity of: Small patches of bright color can help an otherwise dull interior. | | 7. | to relieve (someone) in need, sickness, pain, or distress. | | 8. | to remedy, stop, or prevent: Nothing will help my headache. | | 9. | to serve food to at table (usually fol. by to): Help her to salad. | | 10. | to serve or wait on (a customer), as in a store. | –verb (used without object) | 11. |
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to give aid; be of service or advantage: Every little bit helps. | –noun | 12. | the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor. | | 13. | a person or thing that helps: She certainly is a help in an emergency. | | 14. | a hired helper; employee. | | 15. | a body of such helpers. | | 16. | a domestic servant or a farm laborer. | | 17. | means of remedying, stopping, or preventing: The thing is done, and there is no help for it now. | –interjection | 19. | (used as an exclamation to call for assistance or to attract attention.) | —Verb phrase | 20. | help out, to assist in an effort; be of aid to: Her relatives helped out when she became ill. | —Idioms | 21. | cannot or can't help but, to be unable to refrain from or avoid; be obliged to: Still, you can't help but admire her. | | 22. | help oneself to, | a. | to serve oneself; take a portion of: Help yourself to the cake. | | b. | 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. | | | 23. | 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. | |
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With Definition–preposition | 1. | accompanied by; accompanying: I will go with you. He fought with his brother against the enemy. | | 2. | in some particular relation to (esp. implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection): I dealt with the problem. She agreed with me. | | 3. | characterized by or having: a person with initiative. | |
| 4. | (of means or instrument) by the use of; using: to line a coat with silk; to cut with a knife. | | 5. | (of manner) using or showing: to work with diligence. | | 6. | in correspondence, comparison, or proportion to: Their power increased with their number. How does their plan compare with ours? | | 7. | in regard to: to be pleased with a gift. | | 8. | (of cause) owing to: to die with pneumonia; to pale with fear. | | 9. | in the region, sphere, or view of: It is day with us while it is night with the Chinese. | | 10. | (of separation) from: to part with a thing. | | 11. | against, as in opposition or competition: He fought with his brother over the inheritance. | | 12. | in the keeping or service of: to leave something with a friend. | | 13. | in affecting the judgment, estimation, or consideration of: Her argument carried a lot of weight with the trustees. | | 14. | at the same time as or immediately after; upon: And with that last remark, she turned and left. | | 15. | of the same opinion or conviction as: Are you with me or against me? | | 16. | in proximity to or in the same household as: He lives with his parents. | | 17. | (used as a function word to specify an additional circumstance or condition): We climbed the hill, with Jeff following behind. | —Idioms | 18. | in with. in (def. 34). | | 19. | with child, pregnant. | | 20. | with it, Slang. | a. | knowledgeable about, sympathetic to, or partaking of the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc. | | b. | representing or characterized by the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc. | | | 21. | with that. that (def. 18). | |
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Homework Definition–noun | 1. | schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork). | | 2. | paid work done at home, as piecework. | | 3. | thorough preparatory study of a sub
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