helper
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pər noun
1.
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
2.
an extra locomotive attached to a train at the front, middle, or rear, especially to provide extra power for climbing a steep grade. Compare doubleheader, pusher ( def 5 ).
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| —vb (foll by to) | |
| 1. | to assist or aid (someone to do something), esp by sharing the work, cost, or burden of something: he helped his friend to escape; she helped him climb out of the boat |
| 2. | to alleviate the burden of (someone else) by giving assistance |
| 3. | (tr) to assist (a person) to go in a specified direction: help the old lady up from the chair |
| 4. | to promote or contribute to: to help the relief operations |
| 5. | to cause improvement in (a situation, person, etc): crying won't help |
| 6. | (tr; |
| a. to avoid or refrain from: we can't help wondering who he is | |
| b. ( | |
| 7. | to alleviate (an illness, etc) |
| 8. | (tr) to serve (a customer): can I help you, madam? |
| 9. | a. to serve (someone with food, etc) (usually in the phrase help oneself): may I help you to some more vegetables?; help yourself to peas |
| b. to provide (oneself with) without permission: he's been helping himself to money out of the petty cash | |
| 10. | cannot help but to be unable to do anything else except: I cannot help but laugh |
| 11. | help a person off with to assist a person in the removal of (clothes) |
| 12. | help a person on with to assist a person in the putting on of (clothes) |
| 13. | so help me |
| a. on my honour | |
| b. no matter what: so help me, I'll get revenge | |
| —n | |
| 14. | the act of helping, or being helped, or a person or thing that helps: she's a great help |
| 15. | a helping |
| 16. | a. a person hired for a job; employee, esp a farm worker or domestic servant |
| b. (functioning as singular) several employees collectively | |
| 17. | a means of remedy: there's no help for it |
| —interj | |
| 18. | used to ask for assistance |
| [Old English helpan; related to Old Norse hjalpa, Gothic hilpan, Old High German helfan] | |
| 'helpable | |
| —adj | |
| 'helper | |
| —n | |
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Helper
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
He was enjoying a mini-scoring streak heading into the break with four goals and one helper in four contests.
With a helper, place pots under appropriate section of the bench top, as you carefully lower top onto pots.
Without a helper it would be impossible to use in a wheelchair.
She had the full-time duties of expedition cook and all-purpose helper.
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