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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 subject: t
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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; co
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operate 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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