char

1. 1

   To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.ergative

   • I charred the wood.
   • The wood charred.
2. 2

   To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.transitive

   • The fire charred her down to the bone.
3. 3

   To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.transitive

   • The chef charred the scallops just right.

syn. coal · blacken · scorch · sear · singe

1. 1

   A charred substance.

1. 1

   Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

   • Among other native delicacies, they give you fresh char.

1. 1

   A time; a turn or occasion.obsolete

2. 2

   A turn of work; a labour or item of business.obsolete

3. 3

   An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.

   • When thou hast done this chare, I’ll give thee leave to play till doomsday.
4. 4

   A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.

   • I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn't come.

syn. charlady · charwoman · cleaning lady · cleaning woman

1. 1

   To turn, especially away or aside.obsolete

2. 2

   To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.

   • Her husband had been a soldier, and from a grateful country she received a pension large enough to keep her from starvation, and by charring and doing such odd jobs as she could get she earned a little extra to supply herself with liquor.
3. 3

   To perform; to do; to finish.obsolete

   • All's chared when he is gone.
4. 4

   To work or hew (stone, etc.)

1. 1

   A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).

   • .NET uses the Unicode character set in which each char constant or variable takes up two bytes (16 bits) of storage.
2. 2

   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).
   • WoW exp I feel that it is just a progress from Lv70 to 80 and then back to square one to raid\arena or die expansion. So I don’t see the point of going back just to level my char to 80 and let them idle at end-game.

1. 1

   Alternative form of cha (“tea”).UKalt-ofalternative

   • “’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.