“helped” is a form of
help
/hɛlp/ noun, verb, interjection
Forms helps helping helped holp holpen helpest helpedst helpeth help! he'p
- noun (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid. “I need some help with my homework.”
- noun Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. “He was a great help to me when I was moving house.”
- noun (computing) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer. “I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.”
- noun (countable) A study aid. “I've printed out a list of math helps.”
- noun (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise. “The help is coming round this morning to clean.”
- noun (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training. “His suicide attempts were a cry for help.”
- verb (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something). “He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.”
- verb (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to. “It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.”
- verb (transitive) To contribute in some way to. “The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.”
- verb (intransitive) To provide assistance. “She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.”
- verb (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can. “We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.”
- verb (Hong Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone. “Can you help me buy some groceries?”
- verb (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation. “Help lah.”
- interjection A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance. “— Take that, you scoundrel. — Help! Robin, help!”
- interjection (Internet slang, text messaging) A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance. “helpppp that's too funny, did she rlly say that?”
Synonyms
aid assistance see through contribute to assist come to the aid of help out abet befriend bestead minister come to someone's aid give someone a hand grip lend a hand lend a helping hand mend stead succor succour assistant helper supporter avail service facilitate help oneself serve
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English help, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälpe (“help”), West Frisian help (“help”), Cimbrian hölfe (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Luxembourgish Hëllef (“help”), Mòcheno hilf (“help”), Vilamovian hyłf (“help”), Yiddish הילף (hilf, “help”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálp (“help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelp (“help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelp, hjølp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”).
From Middle English helpen, from Old English helpan (“to help, aid, assist, benefit, relieve, cure”), from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”).
Cognate with North Frisian halep, heelpe, help (“to help”), Saterland Frisian hälpe (“to help”), West Frisian helpe (“to help”), Cimbrian hölfan (“to help”), Dutch helpen (“to help”), German helfen (“to help”), Low German helpen, hölpen, hülpen (“to help”), Luxembourgish hëllefen (“to help”), Yiddish העלפֿן (helfn, “to help”), Danish hjælpe (“to help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálpa (“to help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelpe (“to help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelpa, hjelpe (“to help”), Swedish hjälpa (“to help”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 (hilpan, “to help”), Lithuanian šelpti (“to help, support”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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." Longfellow.
- verb To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. "God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!" Shak.
- verb To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
- noun 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.
Etymology [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hjalpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.]
Etymology [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. hülfe, hilfe, Icel. hjalp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See Help, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “help”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details