to provide support for or relief to; help

to aid the homeless victims of the fire.

to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.

to give help or assistance.

help or support; assistance.

a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary.

aids, Manège .

Also called natural aids. the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight.

Also called artificial aids. the devices by means of which a rider increases control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.

aide-de-camp.

foreign aid.

a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.

English History . (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions.

noun

blockage , hindrance , impediment , injury , obstruction

verb

block , hinder , hurt , impede , injure , obstruct

noun

advancement , advice , advocacy , alleviation , allowance , assist , assistance , attention , backing , backup , benefaction , benefit , benevolence , bounty , care , charity , comfort , compensation , cooperation , deliverance , encouragement , endowment , favor , furtherance , gift , giving , guidance , hand , handout , leg up , lift , ministration , ministry , patronage , promotion , reinforcement , relief , rescue , reward , salvation , service , shot in the arm , subsidy , sustenance , treatmentnotes:aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant , abetment , succor , support , dole , public assistance , welfare , abettor , attendant , help , reliever , succorer

verb

abet , alleviate , assist , bail out , befriend , benefact , encourage , favor , go to bat for * , go with * , lend a hand , lighten , mitigate , open doors for , promote , relieve , serve , stick up for , straighten out * , subsidize , sustainnotes:aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant , boost , succor , advance , allay , alms , care , charity , coperate , coach , collaborate , facilitate , forward , grant , help , relief , remedy , rescue , subsidy , uphold