Vocabulary : Help to Helve

Help : 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." ;; To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. ;; 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. ;; To change for the better; to remedy. ;; To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it? ;; To forbear; to avoid. ;; To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food. ;; To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist. ;; Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or
Helped : of Help
Helper : One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
Helpful : Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
Helping : of Help
Helpless : Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. ;; Beyond help; irremediable. ;; Bringing no help; unaiding. ;; Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of.
Helpmate : A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
Helpmeet : A wife; a helpmate.
Helter-skelter : In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.
Helve : The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze. ;; The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer. ;; A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head. ;; To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
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