Chore

Noun

 * 1) A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.

Verb

 * 1)  To steal.

Adjectives for Chore
old-fashioned; bitter; small; domestic; weary.

Verbs for Chore
dispatch —s; do —s; perform —s; plan —; —s bind; — devolve on; — occupy; — settle on.

Thesaurus
task, tend, things to do, stint, take care of, tall order, tough job, tough proposition, trial, tribulation, turn a hand, uphill work, upon, valet, wait, wait on, work, work for, 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,

Pronunciation



 * dialectal US (e.g. southeastern Louisiana):

Etymology 1
From cherre:, from  cerr:, cierr: from cierran:, from, from. Cognate with kerian:,  cheran: (German kehren:).

Etymology 2
Possibly derived from the word chor:, see also Geordie word chor:.

Related terms

 * chor

Noun

 * Bulgarian: неприятна работа
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: taloustyö
 * French:


 * Hebrew: מטלה
 * Japanese: 雑用, 雑務
 * Korean:, 허드렛일
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu:

Anagrams

 * ocher, ochre

Adjective

 * 1) ; ill, sick