Definitions for AID

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AID aid

Spelling: [eyd]

IPA: /eɪd/

Aid is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in AID (adi).

Definitions for AID

noun

1. help or support; assistance.
2. a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary.
3. 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.
4. aide-de-camp.
5. foreign aid.
6. a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
7. 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.
8. the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961.

verb (used with object)

1. to provide support for or relief to; help:
2. to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.

verb (used without object)

1. to give help or assistance.

Origin of AID

1375-1425; (noun) late Middle English ayde Anglo-French, Old French aide, noun derivative of aid(i)er Latin adjūtāre to help (frequentative of adjuvāre), equivalent to ad-

Examples for AID

The woman was taken in August 2013, along with a group of other aid workers who have reportedly been released.

The poor dog heard the tumult, and leapt to your aid, sir, and we made after him.

This process is performed by girls, with the aid of what is called a “bob” or “glazer.”

Followers had traveled many miles to mourn the loss, and aid in the ritual washing, dressing, and honoring of the body.

This operation is performed by the aid of a punch and die fitted into a screw-press.

And not a hand lifted to aid him while he went to work with the bandaging.

After all, smaller developing nations like Cameroon often depend on trade with and aid from the West.

I remember the days of the Bosnian war (1992—1995), when Saudi Arabia sent convoys of aid to those besieged in Sarajevo.

This operation is performed by a female, with the aid of a stamp.

But that comes too late for the family of an American aid worker killed by ISIS.