verb

help

Translation

to help, to assist, to aid

Can you help me with my homework?

This medicine will help your cough.

I can't help thinking about it.

((sb.)) ((with sth.)) to assist (sb.) with (sth.) Can you help me with my homework?

((sb.)) ((to-inf)) to make it easier for (sb.) to do (sth.) He helped me to carry the boxes.

((sth.)) to improve a situation or make it easier This medicine will help your cough.

can't help ((-ing)) to be unable to stop doing (sth.) I can't help thinking about it.

Synonyms: assist, aid, support; Antonyms: hinder, obstruct

From Old English 'helpan', of Germanic origin.

Remember the universal call for assistance: 'HELP!'