Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, dated)To do chores.

  2. (Scotland, dialectal)To steal.

Examples

159 sentences
  1. More and more married couples share household chores.

    Все більше і більше подружжів розподіляють виконання хатньої роботи. — ChickenKiev

    ruВсё больше и больше супругов распределяют между собой обязанности по дому. — odexed

    deImmer mehr Ehepaare teilen sich die Hausarbeit. — freddy1

  2. I have some chores to do.

    ruУ меня есть домашние дела, которые надо сделать. — odexed

    deIch muss mich um die Hausarbeit kümmern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I've got some chores to do.

    deIch muss mich um die Hausarbeit kümmern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I've got to do my chores.

  5. I helped Tom do some chores.

Origin

From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, bu

From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).

Possibly derived from Romani ćor (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.

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Forms

chores, choring, chored, chored
Base formchore · to chore
3rd person singularchores
Present participlechoring
Past simplechored
Past participlechored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychore
he, she, itchores

Past simpleLesson

all personschored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chored
he, she, ithas chored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chore

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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