help
/hɛlp/ noun A2- Action given to provide assistance; aid. · I need some help with my homework.
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. · He was a great help to me when I was moving house.
- Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer. · I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.
- A study aid. · I've printed out a list of math helps.
- One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise. · The help is coming round this morning to clean.· Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest.
- Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training. · His suicide attempts were a cry for help.· He really needs help in handling customer complaints.
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I’ve been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me.”
This worried Dorothy a little, but she knew that only the Great Oz could help her get to Kansas again, so she bravely resolved not to turn back.
Dorothy went to get him, and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the branches that she gathered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
Perhaps Oz will help you.”
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