Meaning of CHORE
| Pronunciation: | | chowr
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| | Definition: | | [n] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | job, task |
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| | See Also: | | disagreeable chore, disagreeable task, duty, stint | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Chore\, n. [The same word as char work done by the day.]
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}.]
To do chores. [U. S.]
\Chore\, n.
A choir or chorus. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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| | Related Terms: | | administer to, assignment, attend, attend on, Augean task, backbreaker, ballbuster, bitch, busywork, care for, char, chare, charge, commission, dance attendance upon, dead lift, devoir, do chars, do for, do service to, do the chores, drudge, duty, effort, errand, exercise, fish to fry, handful, hard job, hard pull, heavy sledding, help, Herculean task, homework, job, job of work, labor, lackey, large order, look after, maid, make-work, man-sized job, matters in hand, minister to, mission, odd job, pander to, piece of work, project, rough go, serve, service, stint, take care of, tall order, task, tend, things to do, tough job, tough proposition, trial, tribulation, turn a hand, uphill work, upon, valet, wait, wait on, work, work for |
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