(uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.

Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.

Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.

(countable) A study aid.

(usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.

(uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.

(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).

(transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.

(transitive) To contribute in some way to.

(intransitive) To provide assistance.

(transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.

(Hong Kong) To do something on the behalf of someone.

A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance