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HELPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
Example:
there's enough for two servings each
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("helping" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Meronyms (parts of "helping"):
mouthful; taste (a small amount eaten or drunk)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helping"):
drumstick (the lower joint of the leg of a fowl)
second joint; thigh (the upper joint of the leg of a fowl)
breast; white meat (meat carved from the breast of a fowl)
wing (the wing of a fowl)
medallion (a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat))
oyster (a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl)
parson's nose; pope's nose (the tail of a dressed fowl)
piece; slice (a serving that has been cut from a larger portion)
round; round of drinks (a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic))
drink (a single serving of a beverage)
libation (a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity)
Holonyms ("helping" is a part of...):
meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)
Derivation:
help (help to some food; help with food or drink)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb help
Context examples:
These cells, called microglia, often play a beneficial role by helping to clear trash and protect the central nervous system against infection.
(In blinding eye disease, trash-collecting cells go awry, accelerate damage, NIH)
'Never helped nobody' means that, not helping nobody, they must have helped somebody.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The findings suggest that measuring and targeting TMAO levels—something doctors can do with a simple blood test—may be a promising new strategy for individualizing diets and helping to prevent heart disease.
(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
The results suggested that the two treatments were equally effective at helping the patients recover from their strokes.
(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)
U.N. experts have also said medicines in the environment are helping create drug-resistant bacteria.
(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)
“Well, then,” said Holmes, with a mischievous twinkle, “I suppose that you have no objection to helping me?”
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Such information could be invaluable in helping inform measures to reduce people’s exposure to potentially dangerous carcinogens.
(‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits, University of Cambridge)
The putamen is a key brain hub in addiction, sending dopamine signals elsewhere in the brain, and helping mediate how impulsively we behave.
(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)
To her surprise the body rose easily, and she knew Hans had relented and was helping her.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Each antibody only binds to a specific antigen, helping to destroy the antigen directly or by assisting white blood cells to destroy the antigen.
(Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
