help

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   improve the condition of

   These pills will help the patient

2. 2
   verb

   help to some food

   help with food or drink

3. 3
   verb

   take or use

   We helped ourselves to some of the office supplies.

4. 4
   verb

   contribute to the furtherance of

   This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries

5. 5
   verb

   be of use

   This will help to prevent accidents

6. 6
   noun

   Action given to provide assistance; aid.

   I need some help with my homework.

7. 7
   noun

   Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.

   He was a great help to me when I was moving house.

8. 8
   noun

   Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.

   I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.

Etymology

From Middle English helpen, from Old English helpan (“to help, aid, assist, benefit, relieve, cure”), from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Cognate with North Frisian halep, heelpe, help (“to help”), Saterland Frisian hälpe (“to help”), West Frisian helpe (“to help”), Cimbrian hölfan (“to help”), Dutch helpen (“to help”), German helfen (“to help”), Low German helpen, hölpen, hülpen (“to help”), Luxembourgish hëllefen (“to help”), Yiddish העלפֿן (helfn, “to help”), Danish hjælpe (“to help”), Faroese, Icelandic…