aid

name

1. Acronym of Agency for International Development.

   “The first such title, according to a review by Christopher Sagers, a law professor at Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, was the 1950 Act for International Development, or AID.”

noun

1. Initialism of artificial insemination by donor.

   “Here is the first book to thoroughly look at topics such as the social and personal aspects of lesbian motherhood; the implications of AID; and how children feel about growing up with lesbian mothers.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English aiden, from Old French eider, aider, aidier, from Latin adiuto, frequentative of adiuvō (“assist”, verb).

1. To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

   “You speedy helpers […] Appear and aid me in this enterprise.”

   “Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.”

2. To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.

   “Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.”