Aid
[eɪd] or [ed]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; 'he gave me an assist with the housework'; 'could not walk without assistance'; 'rescue party went to their aid'; 'offered his help in unloading'.
(noun.) a resource; 'visual aids in teaching'.
(noun.) money to support a worthy person or cause.
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Definition
(v. t.) To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.
(v. t.) Help; succor; assistance; relief.
(v. t.) The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.
(v. t.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
(v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.
(v. t.) An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Assist, help, support, serve, speed, second, back, befriend, prosper, abet, co-operate with, take part with, give support to, minister to.[2]. Succor, relieve, SPELL.
n. [1]. Assistance, help, LIFT, furtherance, co-operation, patronage, support, helping hand, good offices.[2]. Succor, relief.[3]. Aide-de-camp.
Checker: Vivian
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Help, assist, succour, support, befriend, co-operate, contribute favor, foster,protect, abet, encourage, instigate, subsidize
ANT:Oppose, resist, counteract, discourage, thwart, withstand, confront, deter,baffle
Checker: Mattie
Definition
v.t. to help assist.—n. help: assistance as in defending an action: an auxiliary: subsidy or money grant to the king.—n. Aid′ance aid help support.—adj. Aid′ant (arch.) aiding helping.—n. Aid′er one who brings aid: a helper.—adjs. Aid′ful; Aid′less.—Court of Aids the court that supervised the customs duties.
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Examples
- I wish to express my gratitude also to Miss Florence Bonnet for aid in the correction of the manuscript. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is also said that one man to-day, with the aid of a steam engine, performs the work of 120 men in the last century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- By the aid of these lines the barometric conditions over a large area can be studied. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He knew well that I should never willingly invoke the aid of the police against him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It furnishes profitable amusement to the young, and satisfactory aid to the nervous and paralytic. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With the aid of Messrs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Such aid is not always effectual, said Justinian significantly, whereat the Greek shrugged his shoulders, but made no reply. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The idea cannot be put aside, and with such poor aids as he can command he commences his task. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The diving case is not absolutely water-tight, nor is it desired that it should be so, as the slight leakage acts as a lubricant to the joints, and aids in their movements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Music, astronomy, logic, and even theology, might be exploited as aids to public speech. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But the owners of Lowick apparently had not been travellers, and Mr. Casaubon's studies of the past were not carried on by means of such aids. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The imitation of the action of horses' hoofs was one of the means attempted, but such additional aids were eventually found to be of no avail, and were discontinued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Even with those aids, I might not have come to myself as soon as I did, but that I saw Estella approaching with the keys, to let me out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He and his aids now withdrew behind the curtain: the other party, which was headed by Colonel Dent, sat down on the crescent of chairs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was like the Arabian who had been buried with the dead, and found a passage to life aided only by one glimmering, and seemingly ineffectual light. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- A more authentic tradition, aided by the geography of the country, places the pit in Dothan, some two days' journey from here. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One trouble with all these contrivances was that, although they aided man to figure, they offered no means of making a record of the work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To this can the light look of woman, aided by the Prince of the Powers of this world, bring a valiant and worthy knight! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Robert Stephenson was the engineer of this great structure, aided by the suggestions of Fairbairn and other eminent engineers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When you discover the work, aided by wife and children, you will do it, and thus be happy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But he always aided and comforted me when he could, in some way of his own, and he always did so at dinner-time by giving me gravy, if there were any. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It will but involve us all, for I cannot see these men lay hands upon you without aiding you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But now, when you find yourself incapable of aiding a private man, how can you think of behaving yourself so as to be useful to a whole people? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Why, yes, my dear; that would be aiding and abetting, you know. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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