CHARE

Etymology

Noun

chare (plural chares)

Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").

(Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

Synonyms

• (narrow lane): See Thesaurus:alley

Verb

chare (third-person singular simple present chares, present participle charing, simple past and past participle chared)

(intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.

Anagrams

• Arche, REACH, acher, chear, rache, reach

Source: Wiktionary


Char, Chare, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Char.]

1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] Nores. Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband. Old Proverb.

2. To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.

Char, Chare, v. i.

Definition: To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.

Chare, n.

Definition: A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]

Chare, n. & v.

Definition: A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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