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1. Give assistance; be of service
   - help, assist
    
2. Improve the condition of
   "These pills will aid the patient"
   - help

1. A resource
   "visual aids in teaching"
   - assistance, help
    
2. The activity of contributing to the fulfilment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
   "rescue party went to their aid"
   - assist, assistance, help
    
3. Money to support a worthy person or cause
   - economic aid, financial aid
    
4. The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
   "no medical aid was required"
   - care, attention, tending
    
5. A person who contributes to the fulfilment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
   - assistant, helper, help, supporter

Sounds like: aide, ade

Derived forms: aided, aids, aiding

Type of: activity, ameliorate, amend, back up, better, gift, improve, meliorate, resource, support, work, worker

Encyclopedia: Aid