[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

help \help\ he^lp, v. t. imp.  p. p. helped he^lpt
   obs. imp. holp h=olp, p. p. holpen h=ol"p'n; p.
   pr.  vb. n. helping. as. helpan; akin to os. helpan, d.
   helpen, g. helfen, ohg. helfan, icel. hj=alpa, 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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." --shak.
      1913 webster

            the true calamus helps coughs.        --gerarde.
      1913 webster

   4. to change for the better; to remedy.
      1913 webster

            cease to lament for what thou canst not help.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who
      can help it? --swift.
      1913 webster

   6. to forbear; to avoid.
      1913 webster

            i can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him
            and our author.                       --pope.
      1913 webster

   7. to wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and
      passing food.
      1913 webster

   to help forward, to assist in advancing.

   to help off, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist
      in removing. --locke.

   to help on, to forward; to promote by aid.

   to help out, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or
      to aid in completing a design or task.
      1913 webster

            the god of learning and of light
            would want a god himself to help him out. --swift.

   to help over, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over
      an obstacle.

   to help to, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help
      one to soup.

   to help up, to help one to get up; to assist in rising,
      as after a fall, and the like. "a man is well holp up that
      trusts to you." --shak.

   syn: to aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support;
        sustain; befriend.

   usage: to help, aid, assist. these words all agree in
          the idea of affording relief or support to a person
          under difficulties. help turns attention especially to
          the source of relief. if i fall into a pit, i call for
          help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his
          own. aid turns attention to the other side, and
          supposes co"operation on the part of him who is
          relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; i
          got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought.
          assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a
          person who "stands by" in order to relieve. it denotes
          both help and aid. thus, we say of a person who is
          weak, i assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted the
          stairs by my assistance. when help is used as a noun,
          it points less distinctively and exclusively to the
          source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more
          closely with aid. thus we say, i got out of a pit by
          the help of my friend.
          1913 webster
see also:
helped holp holpen helping to help forward to help off 
to help on to help out to help over to help to to help up 
help aid assist 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

help \help\, v. i.
   to lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means;
   to avail or be of use; to assist.
   1913 webster

         a generous present helps to persuade, as well as an
         agreeable person.                        --garth.
   1913 webster

   to help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply.
      1913 webster
see also:
to help out 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

help \help\, n. as. help; akin to d. hulp, g. h"ulfe, hilfe,
   icel. hj=alp, sw. hjelp, dan. hielp. see help, v. t.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

            give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of
            man.                                  --ps. lx. 11.
      1913 webster

            god is . . . a very present help in trouble. --ps.
                                                  xlvi. 1.
      1913 webster

            virtue is a friend and a help to nature. --south.
      1913 webster

   2. remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
      1913 webster

   3. a helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force
      of hired helpers in any business.
      1913 webster

   4. specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. local, u.
      s.
      1913 webster
see also:
help 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

help
     n 1: 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" syn: aid, assist, assistance
     2: a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance
        to depressed areas" syn: aid, assistance
     3: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
        syn: avail, service
     4: 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" syn: assistant, helper, supporter
     v 1: 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" syn: assist,
           aid
     2: be of use; "this will help to prevent accidents" syn: facilitate
     3: improve the condition of; "these pills will help the
        patient" syn: aid
     4: abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "i can't
        help myself--i have to smoke"; "she could not help
        watching the sad spectacle" syn: help oneself
     5: contribute to the furtherance of; "this money will help the
        development of literacy in developing countries"
     6: improve; change for the better; "new slipcovers will help
        the old living room furniture"
     7: help to some food; help with food or drink; "i served him
        three times, and after that he helped himself" syn: serve
     8: take or use; "she helped herself to some of the office
        supplies" syn: avail
see also:
aid assist assistance avail service assistant 
helper supporter facilitate help oneself serve 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

309 moby thesaurus words for "help":
   samaritan, abet, acolyte, adjutant, administer to, advance,
   advantage, advise, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, alimony,
   alleviate, allotment, allowance, alterative, ameliorate, amend,
   analeptic, ancilla, annuity, antepast, anticipate, appropriate,
   arrogate, assist, assistance, assistant, assistants, assister,
   attend, attend on, attendant, auxiliary, avail, avert, avoid, back,
   backer, bail out, balm, balsam, bar, bear a hand, befriend,
   befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefit, benefiter, best man,
   better, bolster, boost, bounty, break no bones, care for, champion,
   chore, clear the way, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress,
   coadjutrix, comfort, commandeer, confer a benefit, cooperation,
   corrective, course, cover, crew, cure, dance attendance upon,
   debar, deflect, depletion allowance, deputy, dessert, deter,
   discourage, dish, dishearten, do a favor, do a kindness, do for,
   do good, do no harm, do service to, doctor, dole, domestic,
   domestic servant, domestics, drudge, ease, employees, entree,
   entremets, escape, eschew, estop, exclude, executive officer,
   expedite, explain, expropriate, facilitate, favor, fellowship,
   fend, fend off, finance, financial assistance, forbear, forbid,
   force, foreclose, forestall, forward, fund, further, gang,
   give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, good samaritan,
   good offices, good person, grant, grant-in-aid, grease,
   grease the ways, grease the wheels, guaranteed annual income, hand,
   hands, hasten, healing agent, healing quality, help along,
   help out, helper, helpers, helping, helping hand, helpmate,
   helpmeet, hired help, improve, inform, jack-at-a-pinch, keep from,
   keep off, laborers, lackey, lend a hand, lend one aid, lieutenant,
   lift, look after, loose, lubricate, maid, make clear, make way for,
   meliorate, men, menial, minister to, ministering angel, ministrant,
   ministration, ministry, mitigate, nick, obviate, office, offices,
   oil, old-age insurance, open the way, open up, palliate, pander to,
   paranymph, paraprofessional, patron, pave the way, pay the bills,
   pecuniary aid, pension, pension off, personnel, pinch, pirate,
   place, plagiarize, plate, portion, preclude, prepare the way,
   prescription, prevent, price support, proffer aid, profit,
   prohibit, promote, protect, protection, public assistance,
   public welfare, purloin, quicken, rally, receipt, recipe, reclaim,
   redeem, refrain from, relief, relieve, remedial measure, remedy,
   remove friction, render a service, render assistance, repel,
   rescue, resist, restorative, restore, resuscitate, retinue,
   retirement benefits, revive, rule out, run interference for, save,
   scholarship, scullion, second, second helping, servant, servantry,
   servants, serve, service, serving, servitor, set up, sideman,
   simplify, slavey, smooth, smooth the way, soap the ways,
   sovereign remedy, specific, specific remedy, speed, staff,
   stand back of, stave off, stead, steal, stipend, stop, striker,
   subsidization, subsidize, subsidy, subvention, succor, succorer,
   support, supporter, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist,
   take, take care of, take in tow, tax benefit, tend, the help,
   therapy, turn aside, turnspit, unbar, unblock, unclog, unjam,
   uphold, upon, use, usurp, valet, wait, wait on, ward off, welfare,
   welfare aid, welfare payments, work for, workers

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

help
     
        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 .
     
     
see also:
dea lazy scheme annotation 

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