1. [n]  the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"
2. [n]  a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
3. [n]  a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas"
4. [n]  a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
5. [v]  improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
6. [v]  improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
7. [v]  help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"
8. [v]  take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
9. [v]  give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"
10. [v]  contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
11. [v]  always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle"
12. [v]  be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents"

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1. \Help\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helped}(Obs. imp. {Holp}, p.
   p. {Holpen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Helping}.] [AS. helpan; akin to
   OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel.
   hj[=a]lpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith.
   szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.]
   1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful
      performance of any action or the attainment of any object;
      to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help
      one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly
      used without to; as, ``Help me scale yon balcony.''
      --Longfellow.
   2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as,
      to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. ``God
      help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!'' --Shak.
   3. To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of
      avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word
      designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such
      a word for the direct object. ``To help him of his
      blindness.''
   

2. \Help\, v. i.
   To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means;
   to avail or be of use; to assist.
         A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an
         agreeable person.                        --Garth.
   {To help out}, to lend aid; to bring a supply.
   

3. \Help\, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. h["u]lfe, hilfe,
   Icel. hj[=a]lp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See {Help}, v. t.]
   1. Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or
      deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the
      person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help
      of fifty dollars.
            Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of
            man.                                  --Ps. lx. 11.
            God is . . . a very present help in trouble. --Ps.
                                                  xlvi. 1.
            Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. --South.
   2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
   3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force
      of hired helpers in any business.
   4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U.
      S.]
   

1. DEA. A Language for industrial robots.

2. (Help Est un Lisp Paresseux - Help Is a Lazy Lisp). A lazy version of Scheme with strictness annotations, by Thomas Schiex <[email protected]>.