AID Definition

AID
abbreviation

1. Artificial insemination by donor (now called DI).

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aid
noun

1. Help.

Thesaurus: help, assistance, succour.
2. Help or support in the form of money, supplies or services given to people who need it.

Thesaurus: help, assistance, succour, subsidy, patronage, contribution, donation, relief, benefit, support.
3. A person or thing that helps do something.

Example: a hearing-aid
Thesaurus: assistant, aide, helper, adjunct, supporter, sidekick (slang).

verb aided, aiding

1. To help or support someone.

Thesaurus: help, assist, succour, abet, boost, relieve, rally around, support, encourage, lend a hand to, ; Antonym: impede, obstruct.
2. To help something happen; to promote it.

Thesaurus: help, assist, abeat, ease, boost, support, encourage, facilitate, promote.

Idiom: aid and abet

To help and encourage someone to do something wrong, especially disobey the law.

Idiom: in aid of someone or something

In support of them or it.

Idiom: what's this in aid of?

colloq
What is the reason for, or purpose of, this?

Etymology: 15c: from French aidier.