charring

Verb (1)

char (third-person singular simple present chars, present participle charring, simple past and past participle charred)

1. (ergative) To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
   • I charred the wood.
2. (transitive) To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.
   • The fire charred her down to the bone.
3. (transitive) To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
   • The chef charred the scallops just right.

Verb (2)

char (third-person singular simple present chars, present participle charing or charring, simple past and past participle chared or charred)

1. (obsolete) To turn, especially away or aside.
2. To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
   • She explained that she was the commissionaire's wife, who did the charing, and I gave her the order for the coffee.1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, published 2005, page 677
3. (obsolete) To perform; to do; to finish.
   • All's chared when he is gone.1613–1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act...

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