CHORE DEFINITIONS - 13 definitions found
chore n 1: 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" [syn: job, task, chore] chore ocher ochre roche Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) chore noun Etymology: alteration of chare Date: 1746 1. plural the regular or daily light work of a household or farm 2. a routine task or job 3. a difficult or disagreeable task <doing taxes can be a real chore> Synonyms: see task Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary chore (chores) 1. A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore... N-COUNT: usu sing 2. Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores. N-COUNT: usu pl English Explanatory Dictionary chore tʃɔ: n. a tedious or routine task, esp. domestic. [orig. dial. & US form of CHAR(2)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Mannerchor \M["a]n"ner*chor`\, n.; G. pl. -ch["o]re. [G.; m["a]nner, pl. of mann man + chor chorus.] A German men's chorus or singing club. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chore \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.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chore \Chore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chored; p. pr. & vb. n. Choring.] To do chores. [U. S.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chore \Chore\, n. A choir or chorus. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms chore n. Small job, light task. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "chore": Augean task, Herculean task, administer to, assignment, attend, attend on, 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, 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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