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Char
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- 1 A nickname for Charlotte
- 2 A nickname for Charlene
- 3 A short river in west Dorset, England; in full, the River Char.
- 1 A charred substance.
- 2 Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.
"Among other native delicacies, they give you fresh char."
- 3 A time; a turn or occasion. obsolete
- 4 A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
"The unit is an 80-column, 30 char. /sec dot matrix printer which uses a 5 by 7 font."
- 5 Alternative form of cha (“tea”). British, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"“’Ullo, cock,” it said, amiably enough. “So you’ve come to, ’ave yer? ’Ang on a bit, an’ I’ll get you a cup o’ char.” And it vanished again."
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- 6 any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus wordnet
- 7 A turn of work; a labour or item of business. obsolete
- 8 A character (being involved in the action of a story). colloquial
"In fact, when I somewhat lack inspiration, I tend to convert my characters according to the rules of a game which universe is close enough (I did it for some of the chars in my WIP, taking the Cyberpunk 2020 rulebook)."
- 9 a human female employed to do housework wordnet
- 10 An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
"When thou hast done this chare, I’ll give thee leave to play till doomsday."
- 11 a charred substance wordnet
- 12 A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
"I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn't come."
- 1 To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal. ergative
"I charred the wood."
- 2 To turn, especially away or aside. obsolete
- 3 burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color wordnet
- 4 To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it. transitive
"The fire charred her down to the bone."
- 5 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."
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- 6 burn to charcoal wordnet
- 7 To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour. transitive
"The chef charred the scallops just right."
- 8 To perform; to do; to finish. obsolete
"All's chared when he is gone."
- 9 To work or hew (stone, etc.)
Etymology
Back-formation from charcoal.
Back-formation from charcoal.
Unknown, perhaps from Celtic, such as Irish ceara (“fiery red”) (found in personal names). Or, perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German schar (“flounder, dab”), from Old Saxon skard, from Proto-Germanic *skardaz, related to *skeraną (“to cut”), referring to its shape. If so, related to shard.
From Middle English cherre (“odd job”), from Old English ċierr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from ċierran (“to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“a time, turn, occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn, bight, bend”) and kehren (“to sweep”) or umkehren (“to return or reverse”). More at chore, ajar.
From Middle English cherre (“odd job”), from Old English ċierr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from ċierran (“to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“a time, turn, occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn, bight, bend”) and kehren (“to sweep”) or umkehren (“to return or reverse”). More at chore, ajar.
Clipping of character. Used as the name of a data type in some programming languages, including notably C.
Non-rhotic spelling of cha.
Shortening (of personal names).
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