held /he ld/ Held is the past tense and past participle of hold .
heli|cop|ter ◆◇◇ /he likɒptə r / (helicopters ) N‑COUNT A helicopter is an aircraft with long blades on top that go round very fast. It is able to stay still in the air and to move straight upwards or downwards.
he li|cop|ter gu n|ship (helicopter gunships ) N‑COUNT A helicopter gunship is a helicopter with large guns attached to it.
he li|cop|ter pa r|ent (helicopter parents ) N‑COUNT If you say someone is a helicopter parent , you mean that they are too closely involved with their child's life and try to control every part of it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ You don't want a helicopter parent hovering over your every move.
heli|pad /he lipæd/ (helipads ) N‑COUNT A helipad is a place where helicopters can land and take off.
heli|port /he lipɔː r t/ (heliports ) N‑COUNT A heliport is an airport for helicopters.
he|lium /hiː liəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Helium is a very light gas that is colourless and has no smell.
he|lix /hiː l I ks/ (helixes ) N‑COUNT A helix is a spiral shape or form. [TECHNICAL ]
hell ◆◇◇ /he l/ (hells )
1 N‑PROPER ; N‑COUNT In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames.
2 N‑VAR If you say that a particular situation or place is hell , you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant. [EMPHASIS ] □ …the hell of the Siberian labor camps.
3 EXCLAM Hell is used by some people when they are angry or excited, or when they want to emphasize what they are saying. [EMPHASIS ] □ 'Hell, no!' the doctor snapped.
4 PHRASE You can use as hell after adjectives or some adverbs to emphasize the adjective or adverb. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ The men might be armed, but they sure as hell weren't trained.
5 PHRASE If you say that a place or a situation is hell on earth or a hell on earth , you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant or that it causes great suffering. [EMPHASIS ] □ She believed she would die in the snake-infested sand dunes. She said: 'It was hell on earth'.
6 PHRASE If someone does something for the hell of it , or just for the hell of it , they do it for fun or for no particular reason. [INFORMAL ] □ Managers seem to be spending millions just for the hell of it.
7 PHRASE You can use from hell after a noun when you are emphasizing that something or someone is extremely unpleasant or evil. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ He's a child from hell.
8 PHRASE If you tell someone to go to hell , you are angrily telling them to go away and leave you alone. [INFORMAL , RUDE , FEELINGS ] □ 'Well, you can go to hell!' He swept out of the room.
9 PHRASE If you say that someone can go to hell , you are emphasizing angrily that you do not care about them and that they will not stop you doing what you want. [INFORMAL , RUDE , EMPHASIS ] □ Peter can go to hell. It's my money and I'll leave it to who I want.
10 PHRASE If you say that someone is going hell for leather , you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ The first horse often goes hell for leather, hits a few fences but gets away with it.
11 PHRASE Some people say like hell to emphasize that they strongly disagree with you or are strongly opposed to what you say. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ 'I'll go myself.'—'Like hell you will!'
12 PHRASE Some people use like hell to emphasize how strong an action or quality is. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ It hurts like hell.
13 PHRASE If you describe a place or situation as a living hell , you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ School is a living hell for some children.
14 PHRASE If you say that all hell breaks loose , you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ He had an affair, I found out and then all hell broke loose.
15 PHRASE If you talk about a hell of a lot of something, or one hell of a lot of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ [+ of ] The manager took a hell of a lot of money out of the club.
16 PHRASE Some people use a hell of or one hell of to emphasize that something is very good, very bad, or very big. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ Whatever the outcome, it's going to be one hell of a fight.
17 PHRASE Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ I patted the top of her head in the condescending way I knew irritated the hell out of her.
18 PHRASE If you say there'll be hell to pay , you are emphasizing that there will be serious trouble. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ There would be hell to pay when Ferguson and Tony found out about it.
19 PHRASE To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. In British English, you can also say that one person or thing plays merry hell with another. [INFORMAL ] □ Lord Beaverbrook, to put it bluntly, played hell with the war policy of the R.A.F.
20 PHRASE If you say that someone raises hell , you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ The only way to preserve democracy is to raise hell about its shortcomings.
21 PHRASE People sometimes use the hell for emphasis in questions, after words such as 'what', 'where', and 'why', often in order to express anger. [INFORMAL , RUDE , EMPHASIS ] □ Where the hell have you been?