aid
to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the victims of the fire.
to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.
to give help or assistance.
help or support; assistance.
aids, Manège.
Also called natural aids . the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight.
Also called artificial aids . the devices used by a rider to increase control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.
a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
English History. (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions.
Origin of aid
1synonym study For aid
confusables note For aid
Other words for aid
Opposites for aid
Other words from aid
- aid·er, noun
- aid·ful, adjective
- aid·less, adjective
- un·aid·ed, adjective
- un·aid·ed·ly, adverb
- un·aid·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with aid
Other definitions for AID (2 of 3)
the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961.
Origin of AID
2Other definitions for AID (3 of 3)
American Institute of Decorators.
American Institute of Interior Designers.
British. artificial insemination donor.: Also A.I.D.
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How to use aid in a sentence
He takes his own confusion due to loss of artificial aids for an objective situation.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyYou must trust yourself to swim from one 'island' to another, without artificial aids.
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography | George William Erskine RussellIt would seem that a well-ordered discourse should supply its own logical cues so that such artificial aids would be unnecessary.
Psychology | Robert S. WoodworthThen that area on the scale where man could exist without artificial aids would still be less than a hair's breadth.
Eight Keys to Eden | Mark Irvin CliftonBrief information as to all artificial aids to navigation is shown on the charts.
Nautical Charts | G. R. Putnam
British Dictionary definitions for aid (1 of 3)
/ (eɪd) /
to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist
(tr) to assist financially
assistance; help; support
a person, device, etc, that helps or assists: a teaching aid
Also: artificial aid mountaineering any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent
(in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son
in aid of British informal in support of; for the purpose of
Origin of aid
1Derived forms of aid
- aider, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Aid (2 of 3)
denoting a charitable organization or function that raises money for a cause: Band Aid; Ferryaid
British Dictionary definitions for AID (3 of 3)
acute infectious disease
artificial insemination (by) donor: former name for Donor Insemination (DI)
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