|
|
Definition of Helping
1. Noun. An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal. "There's enough for two servings each"
Group relationships: Meal, Repast
Terms within: Mouthful, Taste
Specialized synonyms: Drumstick, Second Joint, Thigh, Breast, White Meat, Wing, Medallion, Oyster, Parson's Nose, Pope's Nose, Piece, Slice, Round, Round Of Drinks, Drink, Libation
Generic synonyms: Small Indefinite Amount, Small Indefinite Quantity
Derivative terms: Help, Serve
Definition of Helping
1. Noun. A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself; ¹
2. Noun. (figurative countable) An amount or quantity ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of help) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Helping
1. a portion of food [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helping
Literary usage of Helping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington (1902)
"... CHAPTER IV helping OTHERS AT the end of my first year at Hampton I was confronted
with another difficulty. Most of the students went home to spend their ..."
2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"... sixty hides of land) or twelve land-owners (each owner of ten hides), and they
must swear that they believe him innocent. This is " oath-helping " or ..."
3. The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest by Thomas Hodgkin (1906)
"... sixty hides of land) or twelve land-owners (each owner of ten hides), and they
must swear that they believe him innocent. This is " oath-helping " or ..."
4. A Grammatical Institute of the English Language: Comprising a Easy, Concise by Noah Webster (1800)
"With the helping Verbs, thus : I do turn .We T • .He' doth turn, or does turn
They ,j you do turn j ,Ye or yo'A do turn Thou ..."
Other Resources:
