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helping hand

helping hand noun: any assistance, help or aid.

helping hand: any assistance, help or aid
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Noun

helping hand (plural helping hands)

  1. (idiomatic) Any assistance, help or aid.
    • Thanks for lending a helping hand to the project.
  2. A jig used to help solder wires and electronics, consisting of a weighted base, a pair of adjustable arms ending in crocodile clips (the hands), and sometimes a magnifying glass, held together by flexible joints.
  3. A grabber (tool used to pick up items without bending or stretching).

helping hand meaning in Tamil and Kannada

helping hand in Tamil

any assistance, help or aid
உதவிக் கரம் utavik karam, உதவிக் கை utavik kai

helping hand in Kannada

ನೆರವಿನ ಕೈ, ಸಹಾಯಹಸ್ತ, ನೆರವು

Forms of helping hand

pluralhelping hands

Questions about helping hand

What does helping hand mean?
Helping hand means any assistance, help or aid.
What is helping hand in Tamil?
Helping hand in Tamil is உதவிக் கரம் (utavik karam), உதவிக் கை (utavik kai). See Helping hand meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is helping hand?
Helping hand is a noun.
What is the plural of helping hand?
The plural of helping hand is helping hands.

Words near helping hand in the dictionary

  1. helpiest
  2. helpiness
  3. helping
  4. helping a lame dog over a stile
  5. helping along
  6. helping hand
  7. helping hands
  8. helping oneself
  9. helping out
  10. helping profession
  11. helping professions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: helping hand (page history and authors); helping hand (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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