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say it: ayd
aid is a noun and verb meaning "a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do". It is pronounced /ˈeɪd/ — ayd. It carries 6 recorded senses.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
“visual aids in teaching”
“his job was to give technical assistance over the phone”
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
“he gave me an assist with the housework”
“could not walk without assistance”
“rescue party went to their aid”
“offered his help in unloading”
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
“economic assistance to depressed areas”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
“no medical care was required”
“the old car needs constant attention”
improve the condition of
“These pills will help the patient”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for aid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.