helping

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
help

Third-person singular
helps

Past tense
helped

Past participle
helped

Present participle
helping

  1. The present participle of help.

Noun[change]

Singular
helping

Plural
helpings

  1. (countable) A helping is a portion or serving of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one help oneself.
    She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.