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chare

UK/t͡ʃɛə/US/t͡ʃɛɹ/

chare noun: a narrow lane or passage between houses in a town. Also the alternative form of char.

Noun

chare (plural chares)

  1. (Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
    Synonyms:
    alley

Verb

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

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

Also used as

chare is also the alternative form of char.

Synonyms of chare

Forms of chare

Noun
pluralchares
alternative formchar
alternative formchore
Verb
third-person singular presentchares
present participlecharing
past participlechared
pastchared

Origin of chare

From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.

Words that rhyme with chare

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Questions about chare

What does chare mean?
Chare means a narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
What part of speech is chare?
Chare can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chare?
Chare is pronounced /t͡ʃɛə/ (UK).
What is the plural of chare?
The plural of chare is chares.

Words near chare in the dictionary

  1. chards
  2. Chardstock
  3. Charduri
  4. Chardzhev
  5. Chardzhou
  6. chare
  7. charecter
  8. chared
  9. Charedi
  10. Charedim
  11. Charedis

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