To provide assistance to (someone or something).
He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
Help yourself to whatever's in the fridge.
To contribute in some way to.
If you want to get a job, it helps to have some prior experience.
To provide assistance.
Please, help!
To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
Are they going to beat us? Not if I can help it!
A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.
An amount or quantity