AIDS

AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome

(noun) a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

AIDS (uncountable)

(disease, acronym) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Synonyms: GRID (dated), gay cancer (dated, slang), gay plague (dated, slang)

Coordinate terms

• (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Anagrams

• Dais, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, dais, daïs, sadi, said, sida

Noun

Aids (uncountable)

Alternative letter-case form of AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Anagrams

• Dais, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, dais, daïs, sadi, said, sida

Noun

aids

plural of aid

Verb

aids

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aid

Anagrams

• Dais, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, dais, daïs, sadi, said, sida

Source: Wiktionary

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AID

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. aïde, aïe, 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

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