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[chahr] 
verb, charred, char⋅ring, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to burn or reduce to charcoal: The fire charred the paper. |
| 2. | to burn slightly; scorch: The flame charred the steak. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to become charred. |
–noun
| 4. | a charred material or surface. |
| 5. | charcoal. |
| 6. | a superior carbon-rich fuel, a by-product of the conversion of coal into gaseous or liquid fuel. |
char
2 [chahr] –noun, plural (especially collectively
) char, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) chars.
) char, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) chars. | any trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the Arctic char. |
Origin:
1655–65; perh. OE *ceorra lit., turner, deriv. of ceorran to turn, it being thought of as swimming to and fro time and again; see char 3
1655–65; perh. OE *ceorra lit., turner, deriv. of ceorran to turn, it being thought of as swimming to and fro time and again; see char 3
char
3 [chahr] noun, verb, charred, char⋅ring. Chiefly British–noun
| 1. | a charwoman. |
| 2. | a task, esp. a household chore. |
| 3. | chars, odd jobs, esp. of housework, for which one is paid by the hour or day. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to work at housecleaning by the day or hour; hire oneself out to do odd jobs. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair. |
Also, chare.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME, OE cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, affair, deriv. of cierran to turn
1375–1425; late ME, OE cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, affair, deriv. of cierran to turn
Char
[shar] –noun
| Re⋅né [ruh-ney] , 1907–1988, French poet. |
char.
| 1. | character. |
| 2. | charter. |
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| char 1 (chär) v. charred, char·ring, chars v. tr.
[Back-formation from charcoal.] |
| char 2 also charr (chär) n. pl. char or chars also charr or charrs Any of several fishes of the genus Salvelinus, especially the arctic char, related to the trout and salmon. [Origin unknown.] |
| char 3 (chär) n. A charwoman. intr.v. charred, char·ring, chars To work as a charwoman. [Middle English, a piece of work, from Old English cierr, a turning.] |
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Char
Char\, Charr \Charr\, n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit., red, blood-colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red belly.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.Char
Char\, n. [F.] A car; a chariot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Char
Char\, n. [OE. cherr, char a turning, time, work, AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, occasion, business, fr. cerran, cyrran, to turn; akin to OS. k["e]rian, OHG. ch["e]ran, G. kehren. Cf. Chore, Ajar.] Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. --Shak.Char
Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. t. [See 3d Char.]1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] --Nores. Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband. --Old Proverb. 2. To work or hew, as stone. --Oxf. Gloss.Char
Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.Char
Char\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charred; p. pr. & vb. n. Charring.] [Prob. the same word as char to perform (see Char, n.), the modern use coming from charcoal, prop. coal-turned, turned to coal.]1. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder. 2. To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.
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Language Translation for : char
Spanish:
chamuscar, carbonizar,
German:
verkohlen,
Japanese:
黒焦げにする
char
/keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ n. Shorthand for `character'. Esp. used by C programmers, as `char' is C's typename for character data.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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char programming
/keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character. Especially used by C programmers, as "char" is C's typename for character data.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-29)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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