CHORE

job, task, chore

(noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; “estimates of the city’s loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars”; “the job of repairing the engine took several hours”; “the endless task of classifying the samples”; “the farmer’s morning chores”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

chore (plural chores)

A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.

Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)

(US, dated) To do chores.

Etymology 2

Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)

(British, informal) To steal.

Synonyms

• steal (standard English)

• thieve (standard English)

• twoc (Geordie)

Etymology 3

Noun

chore (plural chores)

(obsolete) A choir or chorus.

Anagrams

• Roche, ocher, ochre, roche

Source: Wiktionary


Chore, n. Etym: [The same word as char work done by the day.]

Definition: A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]

Chore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chored; p. pr. & vb. n. Choring.]

Definition: To do chores. [U. S.]

Chore, n.

Definition: A choir or chorus. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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