AID
care, attention, aid, tending
(noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; “no medical care was required”; “the old car needs constant attention”
aid, assist, assistance, help
(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”
aid, assistance, help
(noun) a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do; “visual aids in teaching”; “his job was to give technical assistance over the phone”
aid, economic aid, financial aid, assistance, financial assistance, economic assistance
(noun) gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause; “economic assistance to depressed areas”
help, aid
(verb) improve the condition of; “These pills will help the patient”
help, assist, aid
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service; “Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; “Can you help me carry this table?”; “She never helps around the house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
AID
Initialism of Agency for International Development.
Anagrams
• -iad, Adi, DIA, Dai, Dia, I'd-a, I'da, IAD, Ida, dai, dia-
Etymology 1
Noun
aid (countable and uncountable, plural aids)
(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
(countable) A helper; an assistant.
(countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
(countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
(countable, British) An exchequer loan.
(countable, legal) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
(countable) An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
Etymology 2
Verb
aid (third-person singular simple present aids, present participle aiding, simple past and past participle aided)
(transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
(climbing) To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
Synonyms
• assist
• befriend
• bestand
• cooperate
• help
• promote
• relieve
• succor
• support
• sustain
• See also help or serve
Anagrams
• -iad, Adi, DIA, Dai, Dia, I'd-a, I'da, IAD, Ida, dai, dia-
Source: Wiktionary
Aid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided; p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.] Etym: [F.
aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to
help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.]
Definition: To support, either by furnishing strength or means in
coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to
help; to assist.
You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak.
Syn.
– To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve; befriend;
coöperate; promote. See Help.
Aid, n. Etym: [F. aide, OF. aĂŻde, aĂŻe, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.]
1. Help; succor; assistance; relief.
An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam.
2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a
helper; an assistant.
It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid
like unto himself. Tobit viii. 6.
3. (Eng. Hist.)
Definition: A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer
loan.
4. (Feudal Law)
Definition: A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special
occasions. Blackstone.
5. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and
claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent
interest in the matter in suit.
– To pray in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition