vt remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
2. help ·vt specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
3. help ·vt to change for the better; to remedy.
4. help ·vt to forbear; to avoid.
5. help ·vt to wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
6. help ·vt a helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
7. help ·vt to furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
8. help ·vt to prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?.
9. help ·vi to lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
10. help ·vt 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.
11. help ·vt 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.
12. help ·vt 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.".