helped
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
An inflected form of help · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,562 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,712 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- give help or assistance; be of service also: assist, aid Everyone helped out during the earthquakeCan you help me carry this table?
- improve the condition of also: aid These pills will help the patient
- be of use also: facilitate This will help to prevent accidents
- abstain from doing; always used with a negative also: help oneself I can't help myself--I have to smokeShe could not help watching the sad spectacle
- help to some food; help with food or drink also: serve I served him three times, and after that he helped himself
- contribute to the furtherance of This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries
helped in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Their mother helped them put on their clothes and new wooden shoes.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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But Mme. Favoral had scarcely helped the soup, when the bell rang violently.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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No one who lived in the same house with her could have helped liking her.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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But there was something beside all this, that had helped to win Cambyses' favor for the Athenian.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The Irishwoman helped him, and showed him how to tie them up; and a very pretty nosegay they had made between them.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1