Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A routine or minor duty or task. synonym: task.
- noun An unpleasant or burdensome task.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chare . - noun A chorus; a choir.
- Same as
char , 5. - noun A char, chare, or small job; a task; especially, a piece of minor domestic work, as about a house or barn, of regular or frequent recurrence: generally in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun United States A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.
- noun obsolete A choir or chorus.
- intransitive verb United States To do chores.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb UK, informal To
steal . - noun A
task , especially adifficult ,unpleasant , orroutine one. - noun obsolete A
choir orchorus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word chore connotes tedium, but that was not how I felt about them.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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And the reason why it's a chore is not JUST because I'm lazy and shy; it, usually, also has to do with the second point above: A lot of times, people at campaign events (especially in Iowa and NH) are semi-pro campaign-event goers (or, as some articles last month had it, "political tourists").
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Nagi decides her next chore is to master shopping.
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I'm also crocheting a ton of snowflakes and today's chore is to spray them liberally with starch to stiffen them up, then I'll attatch a little string and voila!
Weekly Catchup Nalini Singh 2007
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Next to each chore is a box that the child can check off when they have completed their task.
PAYjr, introduce your kids to the corporate world early! : #comments 2007
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Sternberg says his biggest chore is to make sure the community and surrounding areas know we care about them.
USATODAY.com - Baseball wears black mark after Chisox-Angels plate flap 2005
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Ferry's main chore in Cleveland will be building a supporting cast around James, who was the only Cavs player at the news conference.
USATODAY.com - Cavs name Ferry GM, with or without Brown 2005
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Rachel - who had previously felt attending Hebrew school a "chore" - came home from her first day and pronounced, "I want to go to Hebrew school everyday."
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Lack of credibility isn’t subject to “proof,” when the chore is to prove a negative.
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But the most time-consuming part of the chore is the transfer between baths.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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